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Ken. That is what I have been doing with the jigs that I can use with the Grizzly unit and it works fine.  There are some that just won't work due to tool length and other limitations of the unit.

Thanks for the replies.

I understand what you say about the price.  I have a combo Mdt  diamond stone.  I also have a whole assortment of quality water stones and expensive honing jigs. They work okay but are mjigs.and not consistent no matter my method.  Plus the softer ones are constantly dishing out.  I have spent a considerable amount of money through the years on  sharpening items.

I was impressed with the concept of the Tormek and it makes sense.

I bought the grizzly unit a few years ago because I could afford a hundred dollars.  It is working okay and the couple of Tormek jigs that I found to work with it work great and are consistent.  I can't use the Tormek.jigs I would like since I started turning because I can't get the rod close enough to the wheel.

I could kind of afford the a Tormek on our limited budget now.  I am just having a hard time justifying spending the money when I have systems that work just not that well.

I remember an old woodworking adage that says buy a quality tool and you only cry once.  Buy inferior tools first and cry every time you have to replace it.

Thanks for the input.  And Stickan, thank you for the info from the manual.  I actually have a Grizzly 8 inch water grinder but use some of the accessories.  Tried the TTS-100 but can't move the bar close enough to the wheel.  Thinking about getting an actual Tormek, but hesitate due to the price.  Do all the jigs work on the 4 and 7 Tormek?  Do any of you still use bench stones or some other type of sharpening method for your tools or just the Tormek?

I like using hand planes but have always put a little camber on the blade edges when hand sharpening to prevent blade tracks.  The Tormek straight edge guide does a great job of getting the blade sharp and straight.  But I haven't figured out to put a camber on the plane iron edges using this system yet.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

mike