Hello Forum Members,
This will be my first post here. First of all I would like to thank all forum members for the invaluable information given. Its awsome to see that Tormek has such a great community.
I'm a chef by trade and have a strong interest in sharpening (chefs) knives. I have recently bought a Tormek T-8 and shortly thereafter a second hand T-2000. Both with a SG-250 stone.
I have been practicing sharpening knives and am quite comfortable now using the stone grader and the truing tool. Although I still am working on getting a consistent bevel and knife jig placement.
I know this has been discussed in previous posts but is anyone still using a diamond plate (1000 grit) to grade the SG stone? Im interested in first of all achieving as good results as possible with just the "standard" Tormek set up. SG and the leather honing wheel and compound. Im fortunate to have 2 SG stones so I'm thinking to grade one of the them to fine using a 1000 grit diamond plate for the final stage of sharpening and before honing? Any advice would be very welcome!
This will be my first post here. First of all I would like to thank all forum members for the invaluable information given. Its awsome to see that Tormek has such a great community.
I'm a chef by trade and have a strong interest in sharpening (chefs) knives. I have recently bought a Tormek T-8 and shortly thereafter a second hand T-2000. Both with a SG-250 stone.
I have been practicing sharpening knives and am quite comfortable now using the stone grader and the truing tool. Although I still am working on getting a consistent bevel and knife jig placement.
I know this has been discussed in previous posts but is anyone still using a diamond plate (1000 grit) to grade the SG stone? Im interested in first of all achieving as good results as possible with just the "standard" Tormek set up. SG and the leather honing wheel and compound. Im fortunate to have 2 SG stones so I'm thinking to grade one of the them to fine using a 1000 grit diamond plate for the final stage of sharpening and before honing? Any advice would be very welcome!