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I've shapened about everthing in my shop and so I just got a planer jig.  Pretty much followed the instructions.  Which in theroy looked simple.  I set up my angle lowered the unit until there was a little space between the adjusting screw (angle screw) and the unit.  I gound away.  Back and forth I went but one side, the right or outside of the wheel side, seem to need more grinding.  So I did.  The result was the blade is now ground to much on that side.  It's tight and square in the holder.  But the unit seems out of square to the wheel.  I press down on it after an adjustment to try to make sure it's sitting correctly.  But apparently it is bent some or I'm screwing something up.  This does not look like rocket science...what am I doing wrong.  Most everthing up until now have been brainless to do on the Tormek.

My Stone Grader has become concave in the middle.  Not from the long edge to the long edge, from the short edge to the short edge.  In other words, if I put it to the wheel It will make the wheel have a hump in the middle.  This plays havoc with plane blades and leaves them concave in the middle if I'm not careful.  I understand that it should have the wheel shape running long ways.  And I have that, it's also got a depression running the other ways.  Can I rub it on concrete or a sanding belt to bring the ends down, or is it just trash?
Thanks in advance
Josh

I have a shop smith gouge (I think it's made by Buck), it's about 1 1/16" wide and about 1/2".  It's always been ground in a finger nail shape.  I've tried to fit it into the SVD-185 but it will only go in about an inch or 2.  How do I grind the gouge with the same profile?  Is there something that fits to the SVD-185?  It's my understanding that the SVS-50 will blunt the end of the gouge, is that correct?