Dan,
that bench grinder hack I was thinking of too. In this case you don´t have any obstruction.
This device does not work well in its native mode, wet grinding, since it grinds away from you, and you cannot easily work from the other side, as on the Tormek. But it appears perfect for honing purposes as shown. Congrats.
Maybe the obstruction just occurs on a T-3, which I have.
I recently had a knife in the new symmetric knife jig, and a projection of some 145mm.
IIRC the knife´s handle or my hands or something bulky interfered with the USB´s support rods.
As soon as you raise the USB bar (by using the vertical support of the FVB), the rods disappear downwards and your action range is cleared again.
It wasn´t a particularly long knife either, just a 20cm kitchen knife or shorter.
The FVB rotates the contact point of the knife upwards, which makes for a much more natural working position too.
You have to remove the grinding wheel, or it will be in the way.
that bench grinder hack I was thinking of too. In this case you don´t have any obstruction.
This device does not work well in its native mode, wet grinding, since it grinds away from you, and you cannot easily work from the other side, as on the Tormek. But it appears perfect for honing purposes as shown. Congrats.
Maybe the obstruction just occurs on a T-3, which I have.
I recently had a knife in the new symmetric knife jig, and a projection of some 145mm.
IIRC the knife´s handle or my hands or something bulky interfered with the USB´s support rods.
As soon as you raise the USB bar (by using the vertical support of the FVB), the rods disappear downwards and your action range is cleared again.
It wasn´t a particularly long knife either, just a 20cm kitchen knife or shorter.
The FVB rotates the contact point of the knife upwards, which makes for a much more natural working position too.
You have to remove the grinding wheel, or it will be in the way.