My T-7 gets light use. Is the annual maintenance really important and anything I should take care about in doing so? Also, how often and what tool is good to remove product from the leather honing wheel?
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General Tormek Questions / General questions after first try at T-7
July 12, 2011, 01:32:57 AM
After truing the new wheel and checking squareness, I took up the SE-76 for a tryout on a 22 mm firmer chisel (Span Sage). I have some general questions :
(1) early on, I observed blackened metallic marks streaking the middle one third of the wheel. This does not seem to disappear with rough grading of the wheel. This is normal?
(2) I decided to reshape this chisel from about 30 to 20 degrees, as I'm using it for hand woodcarving. This literally took several hours, mostly owing to the degree of metal that needed to be removed. Aside from re-grading the wheel periodically, are there any other tactics that can be used to speed up the reshaping using the T-7? I think I will reshape with much deliberation otherwise.
(3) While not part of the procedure, would squaring the edge of the chisel first help in any way?
Thanks, Bill.
(1) early on, I observed blackened metallic marks streaking the middle one third of the wheel. This does not seem to disappear with rough grading of the wheel. This is normal?
(2) I decided to reshape this chisel from about 30 to 20 degrees, as I'm using it for hand woodcarving. This literally took several hours, mostly owing to the degree of metal that needed to be removed. Aside from re-grading the wheel periodically, are there any other tactics that can be used to speed up the reshaping using the T-7? I think I will reshape with much deliberation otherwise.
(3) While not part of the procedure, would squaring the edge of the chisel first help in any way?
Thanks, Bill.
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General Tormek Questions / Micro adjust nut
July 11, 2011, 05:45:32 PM
Tormek suggests truing in increments of 0.25 mm. I see 8 gradations on the nut. Does anyone know how much dimension is affected by going from one integer to another? It is my impression that most of you are eye-balling your depth of cut by observing the number of gradations you move to. Bill in L.A.
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