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I also felt the same that I must not "wet" the strop too much so that the honing paste can still infiltrate the surface fibers and not slip because of over oiling.

oh and that is called..."slough"!

thanks for the comments on the pics...now let me get my hands busy sharpening more tool iron for "..the devil will find work for idle hands to do.."

btw, I used this to soften the "scorched" leather strop before applying the honing paste...is this ok?


I recalled I haven't cleaned up the water trough...got pictures of the "mud" after truing the stone..the previous owner must have used the tool incorrectly (dry honing)...

taken when still wet...


and when dried up...it must weight around 50 grams (guestimate)


and this is the state of the stone now...it is still almost near the 250mm mark!

thanks Herman for chiming in...

in fact I have removed the main shafting and you are correct that the thing is surrounded by rubber/plastic bushings...there is no problem with this and it is silently moving around.

the noise is emanating from the motor housing itself in the spindle, I mean from the armature..so what I did was  to remove the motor partly by hammering the locking spindle with a spring but could not remove it altogether...I was able to remove the fan housing and a dried cockroach carcass was the only thing that I saw..now noise comes out when I manually move the fan motor..perhaps the bearings?
when I turn the bearings, the one on the leather strop end is "relatively" loose but is moving without any flutter..now, I believe there is another bearing at the opposite at the fan end and this is where I stopped from tinkering.

I am afraid I sprayed a little of DW40 on the bearing located on the leather strop end...I hope I can post the video soon via youtube.

btw, I returned everything in its place and hoping with the noise, there is no harm if I continue to operate it.

right after my posting, I went to see a you tube video of Jeff..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYURcwkKGPs

now that thing is running soooo silently compared to mine..

please help! I hope to be able to post a video of the thing running so you can hear the sound.

like I said, mine was purchased used and stored in a dungeon I guess...rain or shine...damp or dry...(Philippine weather..LOL)

In the thread "new bloke with supergrind 2000", I spoke of my Supergrind 2000, purchased used and is now working wonders.
Now I am a little curious as to the "normal" operating sound of the tool...I looked up the threads and found no title about the "sound" of a running Tormek machine.

Mine is emitting a mild screeching sound while running. (is this normal?)....do I need to lubricate and where? (I think I should google the parts diagram of the machine so I will know.)

I wish someone can post a video (via you tube) for me to compare.

thanks in advance

hah, after the long wait...I finally got the truing tool...

the instruction was clear and brief...It took me about 30 minutes to finally flattened the stone...the initial spun was too much vibration...perhaps due to the unevenness of the stone...after about 10 spins, the surface became flat..(although I purchased the dressing stone, I went straight away to honing a chisel...)

and for 3 minutes or less and here is the first bevel...


and another minute or two, the next bevel..


what a wonderful sharpening tool!

thanks much guys.

i cant believe i am talking to you guys and its ok even if its not in real time..so until then.

ah yes , the honing wheel it is...

i have a Norton sharpening oil..would this be ok for the leather strop wheel?

together with the truing tool, i have ordered the honing paste.

thanks!

Toasted? oh no..how can you tell?

buying a new stone is like buying a new machine! ; (

Hi Herman,

your inputs although short in form and in bursts are pregnant with an experienced user ideas.

well yes, I asked many times from the previous owner if it came with some other accessory...one thing that is going to surprise you though, I asked him again one more time today and he told me it was given as a gift by an American expat who now lives in the States for good..so practically, this guy from whom I bought the tool had no real idea of how it operates..you were absolutely right that perhaps 100% of the time, the stone was used dry as evidenced by the ridges on the surface.

thanks..

until the truing tool has arrived, i have no more questions to raise at the moment..

I am also showing here the state of the stone...

I shone a light on one edge and you will notice a shallow concavity on the center of the stone.


I changed the angle of the lens and we can see here some grooves on the surface of the stone..i guess this really needs some truing...


and finally, here is my square edge jig..the older version.

hey guys,

sorry to hijack this thread by asking too many questions...if the admins feel that I need to make a separate thread for these questions then id be glad to make one and transfer all your thoughts there..

anyhoo, here are they...

firstly, id like to ask if the two ends of the jig fits snugly to their slots? mine is somewhat deflected and there is some effort to push it into their slots (but this is no big deal..), once they are in place, I can tighten the microadjust wheel with no hassle.. I took a photo and I hope it shows to you the problem.


another thing, like I asked before, my stone is going up and down a millimeter or two while running..i tried to sharpen partly a 1/2 chisel with nicks and again I took a photo of the edge and Id like to show you that the sharpening is at an angle...maybe because the stone is not yet trued? maybe so...


well those are just two questions...

here are some pictures of my machine and showing you the state of the leather strop when I received it...
here with a light shone with its fibers lifted due to dryness from disuse (or from hibernating for a long time from the original owner)...(I learned many things about how not to saturate the leather with oil in one thread...)

thanks for your input Herman, if the learning curve is steep for this Tormek, i am rooting now to buy the stone grader..good thing is, its relatively within my pockets reach.

i have a NOS marples basic 8 piece turning tools and of course, what are turning tools if you dont a lathe..so i guess, next time around, if my wallet is fat enough, il also get the accessories to sharpen them...and of course the lathe.

incidentally, i am getting some serious stuff like a second hand japanese 12 inch jointer which is  being refurbished by a friend, in which case, i will be needing the jig to sharpen its blades..

i didnt know woodworking is also about tool collecting...huhu...

...and after the truing the stone...can i sharpen my chisels right away? or i need a stone grader?

can a two sided generic honing block do the trick?

thanks

while i wait for the photobucket to be sane again...

id like to ask as a noobie, shall i just let the stone dry after that fateful test run? i removed the remaining water in the trough..

there is not a single distrubutor here in the Philippines...as you know, fine woodworkers in this country are few...and if you ask some backyard woodshops who makesdoor jambs and solid panel doors about moisture meters, they will say "what?"

i cannot wait for the truing tool! hmf..