Noob Looking for Recommendations

[j_a_wolfe]

I've decided to take a second mortgage and join the club. I think I like the T-8 Custom version but I'm not very bright and get distracted by shiny things. I will use this thing to sharpen wood shop tools i.e. planes, chisels, wood lathe gouges and chisels. I'd also like to be able to sharpen knives from expensive kitchen knives down to my trusty, rusty Swiss Army knife. Does anyone have recommendations as to the base unit and the apprpriate fixtures and attachments I might want to consider?

Thanx,

Jim

[Ken S]

Welcome tothe forum, Jim. I would suggest the Original T8. The included SG-250 and leather honing wheel are "the weapons of choice" for almost all of your sharpening list, being a second, but very usable choice for high speed steel turning tools. Study the Tormek online training classes. You will find that the experienced Tormek training staff all prefer the SG-250.

Do not become enamored with the 50 warranty of the black edition model. The machine itself is identical with the blue Original T8. Tormek is ontinually innovating. You will not be using today's Tormek fifty years from now any more than you will be driving today's auto fifty years in the future. Today's Tormek will probably still be working then; however, fifty years of innovation will make it obsolete.

Don't handicap your progress with more than one grinding wheel.Masterthe SG-250 first.

Start with chisels and plane irons. A 3/4" chisel can teach you a lot, and the jig comes included with the Original T8.

Keep us posted.

Ken