Hey, just kind of a dumb question: Is it normal for the leather honing wheel to wobble on the order of ~1/8" from side to side in use? I was playing with a Tormek at Woodcraft in Seattle today, and noticed that its honing wheel did not do so. I just figured it was normal. Annoying, but normal. Has anyone else noticed this?
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#17
General Tormek Questions / Re: Taking off a lot of stone - How to?
March 28, 2017, 12:27:22 AM
I trued it up, and it seems to work ok. There's a distinct and rather alarming slamming of the truing tool as it goes over the chip, but that's about it. I think I'll definitely keep it around as a backup to my SB-250, for rough work I turn to the dry grinder, or more commonly my Kalamazoo Industries belt grinder. THAT thing peels off the steel!
At some point, I think I'm going to get the dry-grinder mount for the Tormek jigs, and see if I can adapt it to work with the Kalamazoo. That would really be something, do the rough shaping on the Kally with a 32 or 60-grit ceramic belt to take the metal off really fast without building heat, then go over to the Tormek to do the final sharpening and polish up the bevel... I do a ton of knife sharpening on the belt with great results freehand, so the entire guided sharpening thing on a power tool is a bit new for me.
At some point, I think I'm going to get the dry-grinder mount for the Tormek jigs, and see if I can adapt it to work with the Kalamazoo. That would really be something, do the rough shaping on the Kally with a 32 or 60-grit ceramic belt to take the metal off really fast without building heat, then go over to the Tormek to do the final sharpening and polish up the bevel... I do a ton of knife sharpening on the belt with great results freehand, so the entire guided sharpening thing on a power tool is a bit new for me.
#18
General Tormek Questions / Re: Taking off a lot of stone - How to?
March 24, 2017, 11:41:46 PM
Ain't that the truth! With as well as this works, I'm probably going to want the Japanese waterstone at some point as well. This really is a sweet system.
Next up, gotta get that drill bit jig, I think!
Next up, gotta get that drill bit jig, I think!
#19
General Tormek Questions / Re: Taking off a lot of stone - How to?
March 24, 2017, 08:03:33 PM
Sounds like "use as is" is the winning candidate here! It trued up just fine and sharpened several chisels for me before the SB-250 came in, so I'll call it good and just use it the way it is.
#20
General Tormek Questions / Taking off a lot of stone - How to?
March 24, 2017, 04:53:16 PM
So, question that I haven't seen answered around here, at least not as far as I can find using the search tool:
If I want to remove ~3/8" of my SG-250 wheel's diameter in the fastest, most efficient way possible, how should I go about it? Now, after you're all done getting your tongue back out of your throat, and breathing properly again, let me explain. When I purchased my T-8, I did so as a "used like new" on Amazon. When it arrived, UPS had knocked an unholy gouge in the corner of the wheel, with a club-mark that punched right through the cardboard box. Unfortunately, it was not anywhere near adequately packed to survive the trip, so UPS would have laughed at an insurance claim. I contacted the seller, and they immediately offered me a significant partial refund of the purchase price. The deal I got for it to begin with would have most of you other T-8 owners grabbing something off of your bench to throw at me, so I was entirely fine with that. I accepted his offer, and purchased a SB-250 to replace it. I've been using that now for several weeks with great success on my chisels and knives.
However, I keep looking at that 10" diameter SG-250, and going "gee... there's 9.5" worth of perfectly good grindstone there, with only that little ding...
So I figure if I can cut off 3/8 to 1/2" of the OD, I'll have a second perfectly good stone with 75% of its life left, essentially for free! I can't imagine doing it with the stock truing tool, that'd take about a billion passes and probably eat the entire grading point...
If I want to remove ~3/8" of my SG-250 wheel's diameter in the fastest, most efficient way possible, how should I go about it? Now, after you're all done getting your tongue back out of your throat, and breathing properly again, let me explain. When I purchased my T-8, I did so as a "used like new" on Amazon. When it arrived, UPS had knocked an unholy gouge in the corner of the wheel, with a club-mark that punched right through the cardboard box. Unfortunately, it was not anywhere near adequately packed to survive the trip, so UPS would have laughed at an insurance claim. I contacted the seller, and they immediately offered me a significant partial refund of the purchase price. The deal I got for it to begin with would have most of you other T-8 owners grabbing something off of your bench to throw at me, so I was entirely fine with that. I accepted his offer, and purchased a SB-250 to replace it. I've been using that now for several weeks with great success on my chisels and knives.
However, I keep looking at that 10" diameter SG-250, and going "gee... there's 9.5" worth of perfectly good grindstone there, with only that little ding...
So I figure if I can cut off 3/8 to 1/2" of the OD, I'll have a second perfectly good stone with 75% of its life left, essentially for free! I can't imagine doing it with the stock truing tool, that'd take about a billion passes and probably eat the entire grading point...