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Hello!

I have a few questions on these accessories.

Both have this platform which i'm interested in, since it seem very versatile. It would let sharpen chisels, planar blades, scissors.

What i don't know is how well or bad planar blades is with a concave bevel? I'm currently using my works sharp belt sander for dito, which gives me a convex edge and that works great.


I could either go for the SVX-150 to get this platform, which of course will make scissor sharpeninig easier, or would you say that the SVD-110 is a better candidate when it comes to alround tasks on Tormek?

I know my question is a bit vauge, but if someone that has experience with both would care to elaborate, i would be thankful.


What i do know is, that i won't do very much scissors shapening, but rather giving my chisels a deasent edge.


Thanks!

Thanks for the info. The US-430 is extra lenght in all diections i suspect?

The diffrence in price makes it a strong "maybe in the future". I'm doing all my sharpening in my apartment and space is a limiting factor which also why i got the T4 instead of the bigger brother.

I found this:

I have found several uses for the universal support bars not directly mentioned in the handbook. My support bars are not limited to the standard issue US-105 (T7/8) or US-103(T3/4, 10mm shorter than the US-105).

In some swedish shops the US-103 costs more than 105 which doesn't make sense. Also the weight spec on Tormeks site might be wrong also.

Hi,

I can not not find out what the difference is between the two, all i could find was that the 103 weights 74 grams and the 105 72 grams. I know that 105 is for the larger models.


The reason for asking is i'm considering MB-102 for my T4 and would like to have a second US mainly for MB-102.

Can someone fill me in?


Thanks!

Hi !

I think your best bet for these would be found in the 3D-printing community. For instance :

This trough drip collector or this one here. I use a similar one for my T-8 almost all of the time.  Of course that only works if you have access to a printer.

Although to be honest, water spillage has been tremendously reduced since I first began to use the Tormek. Having the trough set so the water goes just over the wheel but not too much, lifting just as required, all those eventually result in very little water spillage. My drip tray (or the T-8 collector on the trough side) now only get a few drops for each knife.

Thanks!


The knife i sharpened yesterday had an Angle of 13 dps and today i sharpened a knife at 15 dps and the spillage wasn't nearly as bad. I suspect that the angle dictates how the water behaves.

Hello all!

This is my first post here. I have been into knives for a short while and found my self getting even more into the world of sharpening knives, or anything one can get sharp. I have already tried a couple of sharpening systems, as Work Sharp (Ken Onion) and a few guided rod systems as a Hapstone R2.

None of the above ways to sharpen knives made me impressed, which pushed me to try a Tormek before giving up. Or not a Tormek, but an ugly rip off from a place called Jula. Almost every part of the unit was a copy of the T4.

This way of sharpening knives was a game changer, fun, controlled and very effective, if it wasn't for the wobbley wheels, ratteling from the inside of the housing, a almost circular leather wheel that refused to absorb any sort of compound. The USB only reminded of 90 degrees and even a newbie like me suspected that the knife jig would be better off without the slope towards left.

The best of me did in fact get the KJ-45 which made clamping a blade perfectly centered and firm, a breeze. The clone was returned, lesson learned and i was proud T4 owner.


I just have one issue, which i believe is connected to the diamond wheel i got yesterday, since the water stays in the trough with the original stone. The fact that i sharpen knives, rather than chisels, maybe is amplifying the problem when the water travels across the blade and falls outside the trough.


I have searched the forum but didn't find a soulution and i was hoping that someone here has found some sort of workaround.


Thanks!

PS. The DF-200 cuts beautiful!