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Well thanks to everyone for helping.  I did spend some time sanding at it and it at least isn't as bad as it was.  I still would say it is a bit disappointing from what I would expect, the main reason I spent so much (almost twice any competitor) was the expectation that it would work great out of the box.  I do enjoy the new sharpness of my chisels, knives, everything. 

However as Ken pointed out, it was for the sharpening that I bought it not for the honing.  For that it does as I expected.  Plus I really do like the Silver color of this special edition, to be honest if it wasn't for that I may have returned it when I had the initial trouble with the wheel but they didn't have another one to try!  I think I will enjoy it in the long haul though, so maybe for the better. 

I did get a response back from Tormek and they pointed out a page in the manual that talks about it.  I read it over an over and didn't see it but it is rather large.  I will just do some more sanding this weekend and hopefully it gets better. 

Also thanks for that part Jeff, if it is normal to feel/hear the glue line that lets me know that it is at least not just me.  I searched for anyone else asking about this and couldn't find it so I was going down the path of thinking it was just my wheel.  Thanks for everyone that helped though.

I started to go down that route but I suspect I would have to almost grade the entire honing wheel quite a bit to get to where this glue line isn't affecting me.  I have sent the email off to Tormek and will see how they reply, I watched video after video of how to do the honing on YouTube and none of those wheels have the distinctive thud I am getting from this glue line and I have spent at least a few hours trying to get it fixed at this point.  More time trying to get my wheel to not skip than I have on anything as of yet! 

It really isn't on the surface as much as like a bad glue line, I would relate it more to what you would have if you did a bad job cutting a board and then glued it to another board.  You have visible and hard glue lines.  I tried sanding it off but the skip is rather bad and was just seeing if that was normal. 

Thanks for the response though, I will send Tormek an email and see how they respond!

Hey everyone, I had been looking at getting a T-7 for a while when I received the email on the 40th Anniversary edition and realized it was time to act!  After unpacking it and starting away on my set of dull chisels all was good until I reached the honing wheel.  When I was prepping it as the manual directs I noticed it kept skipping my chisel up as I was setting the compound.  Upon closer examination the seam where the leather is put together has a hard spot where the glue dried and is not level at the seam.  So whenever a chisel hits the seam it jumps and feels like a lopsided wheel.

I was hoping it would just go away if I used some sandpaper on the wheel when it was running but this was to no avail.  After a solid hour working and trying everything I could th skip is still as bad as it was when I first started.  Is this normal or is the honing wheel I received defective in some way.  Any advice on my new tool would be greatly appreciated!