Torlok investigation as tool rest for small knives

[Elden]

Hope to try Monday or so. I expect to mess up a few times to begin with.

[Rob]

Go for it 

[Ken S]

I tried turning the  Torlock jig around.  I replaced the plastic knob with a standard 6mm thread bolt from the hardware store, which got me a lot closer.  I filed down the flat surface which is threaded for the bolt.  That was even closer.

Final result, still not close enough.  In order to get the Torlock to the correct angle, an auxiliary plate like Ionut and Herman use is the way to go.

I have not tried Jeff's suggestion about slicing off the table in a way to allow the regular plastic knob to be between the wheel and the threaded rod of the usb.  That's still in the planning stage, although I think the Ionut/Herman solution is more practical.

Based on having done it, I would not cut the table down to two inches again.  The cutting was easy, but the result was not successful.  The narrow auxiliary table does the job much better.

Ken

[jeffs55]

Right, bad idea. I am not at home so I cannot test my ideas.

[Ken S]

While you are away from home your Torlocks are safe......

There is value in early prototypes, although it can be hard on the Torlocks.

Ken

[Rob]

Thats right

If we keep this inventing up.......there'll be just parts where our Tormeks used to be :-)