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not that i use it or anything but i wanted to know if it is working correctly now?. i heard that this jig only works correctly on the european version of the tormek (whateven that means... is it really that different)    

FYI: for those newbies (myself included... grinding on the tormek for 2 weeks) out there you sould listen for an unevenly graded wheel. as mentioned elswwhere, uneven pressure contributes to a uneven wheel. well a unevenly graded wheels produces that wobble even faster. i was being lazy and let the fact that i heard a portion of the wheel grinding more rough than the rest and i watch the wobble form on the wheel right before my eyes. if i remember correctly the portion of the wheels that must have been at the 220 grit stage wore much faster than the 1000 grit portions. just something to keep in mind    

Its probably the metal but i just wanted to make sure. I have a few different brands of chisels and i just noticed the quality of the cut (chamfer cut on endgrain) shows between brands. I have Marples that produce a near flawless cut and some old stanleys that come in at a close second. the others fall way short on quality... namely this one i just bought at a garage sale that was advertising old tools for sale. after cleaning all the rust off it i found a stamp the says its made by PS NW TOOLS. after i sharpening this one to the same 20 degree (even tried 30) angle it produce an awful cut on the endgrain and as inspected the edge while it was cutting i noticed the cutting edge fold upward. do you know if company just pick bad quality metals to start with or could this metal have lost its integrity along the ways somewhere. all these years of woodworking and i never noticed this problem

Will the stone eventually wear back down to 220 grit the more you sharpen?

sorry... but im not familiar with japanese scissors so i was wondering if this would include the type of beauty shears that have concaved inners and are convex on the outer portion. i sharpened my cousins "very expensive" beauty shears by hand on a flat japanese waterstone and produced a nice sharp edge but i am reading more and more that this is the incorrect way to sharpening those type of scissors as it will eventually grind the hollow portion away. if your answer is "yes", i am wondering how you would replace the hollow grind. would you place the shears on its side across the stone? definitely sounds like a freehand task. thanks