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tried truing again tonight. still have the angle on the grindstone. i tried pressing down on that end of the stop bar (before locking) to compensate, but the bar is pretty stiff (which is a good thing i guess) so it didn't really do anything.

Jeff, since you thought that 0.006" difference is good enough i left it at that for now and went back to the planer jig one more time. still no consistent grind, even though it seems the blade holder is touching the support.

i am not taking much of a bite mainly because i already have a burr all along the bevel. (btw the 1st blade that i did i took a 1/4 turn bite and that seems more consistent.)

one other thing. i moved the stops far out so i traverse the blade past the grindstone in both directions. when i am entering the grind stone i hear more grinding than when the entire blade is on the grindstone. is it possible that the corner of the blade cuts into the grindstone slightly causing a overgrind at the ends?

hoping i'll get the hang of things soon. thanks again for your prompt replies.

thanks for the reply. i guess i was trying to make the stone flat enough to try the planer jig the 2nd time. (1st attempt with 6" jointer blades wasn't so good.  i get a bow)

maybe i should get the hang of the tormek more with the straight edge jig before trying the more complicated planer jig.

i'll try tonight by pressing down on the right (honing wheel) side of the truing tool stop bar when i tighten the right knob so it so it cuts less. when i had the stop bar sitting on a perfectly true surface i can see the right edge raised by a hair thickness. not sure if that would to translate to similar twist on the universal support.

btw, i am finding more and more that grinding isn't a simple process. it is sometimes hard to figure out why something is happening.

thanks again.

i'm curious, what is the AWT-250 Advanced Water Trough? where can i find more info?

never mind, i found the info from another post.

hi,
like i mentioned in another post, i hadn't used my supergrind 2006 much and recently started to.

i am having trouble truing with the older ADV-50D truing tool. i think i am following all the instructions both in the handbook, and Jeff's tips on this forum.

the stone i am getting seems to be slightly deeper (by about 0.006") on the honing wheel side of the stone. tried thrice today and thought i'll stop and ask. (like it is recommended for the planer jig, i am pressing down on the support before i lock it.)

the bronze tip of the tool has more than one wear angle mainly because i rotated it once to align the diamond stones to top side as recommended in the manual. not sure if this matters, but thought i'd mention.

btw, how much of run out is tolerable. if i look a the stone's side profile i see some lateral movement as the stone rotates.

thanks in advance!

i'm curious, what is the AWT-250 Advanced Water Trough? where can i find more info?

hi,
my straight edge jig binds on the universal support at the end where only one of the mounting holes are on the support (when i am inserting/removing the jig.) i tried wiping/waxing the support but didn't really help. i can see the binding pattern (stripes) on the support bar.

i am an infrequent user, mainly because i use my hand tools infrequently.

i am sharpening a bunch of chisels now and towards the end i noticed this problem much more.

any help appreciated.

thanks,
sanjay