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I have purchased several items from Hanns, and have always received excellent service. I suggest we hold off any judgements until we know the full story.

Ken Schroeder

Wise thinking, John. My turning tools were a mixture of 1930s Carbon Craftsman and recent hhs. With some reluctance, I recently gave them to a friend. My planes and many of my chisels are century old Stanleys. Many of them were my grandfathers tools. The SG is a good fit for them and my kitchen knives. Like you, I have some diamond and a CBN wheel which I can use on the rare occasions where I need to "bring in the artillery".

Ken

Unfortunately, I believe the SuperGrind (SG) grinding wheel is underappreciated and misunderstood. For many years this stalwart grinding wheel was the flagship Tormek grinding wheel. In many ways it still is. It is certainly the most versatile.

We have been bombarded with the importance of constant diameter over grit versatility. For decades, we accepted things like truing and dressing as just part of sharpening. Now they seem like major inconveniences.

Unlike the SG, SJ, and SB, our superabrasive grinding wheels can not be reshaped with radiused corners. They can also be repaired.

I do not disparage our more recent grinding wheels. They expand the scope of the Tormek. I just believe the SG still has a place for Tormek users.

Ken

Sadly, we live in a disposable culture. The problem is not unique to Singapore. It is all too prevalent in the US. Many will never know the pleasure of using a really sharp knife or tool.

Ken

Bert,

Idid not mean to disparage your sharpening experience. All toooften I needto guess, and I am often wrong. My apologies.

Ken

Iagree; however, I don't want to limit the conversation at first. We can always place limits later if needed, I hope responders will mention theirtypical volume of knives to sharpen.

Ken

Welcome to the forum, B.A.

Let me start by stating that I have no expertise with the SVH-240. I purchased one several years ago, only to learn that the blades on my Delta "lunch box" thicpkness planer were not designed to be resharpened.

Moving on, how practiced are you with sharpening your other woodworking tools? You can learn a lot about using your new Tormek by sharpening your chisels and bench plane irons. (Start with 19mm chisels; they are the easiest to sharpen.)

You might want to purchase a spare set of planer blades and gradually work up to sharpening your planer blades.

Keep us posted.

Ken

PS Purchase a TT-200 Truing Tool. If you find your sharpening times are excessive, the DF-200 is a good choice.

I ask this in the spirit of curiosity, without an agenda or intent tocriticise. I have read numerous posts over the years about frustrations with very dull or damaged blades.

My question for those of us with higher sharpening volumes than me is, How many of the knives you sharpen are "very dull or damaged"?

Please don't be shy and do reply.

Ken

One consistent theme running through the Tormek videos, even going back to those by Jeff Farris, is that "a little dab will do you" with honing compound.

Perhaps the demo knives in the videos are somewhat sharper than usual. If we are maintaining our own knives, I think this is good practice. for those of us who sharpen for others, I hope we are educating our customers about the importance of good knife maintainence, including regular sharpening. I would compare that with regular oil changes in vehicles.

Ken

Whenever I see a chisel or plane iron which is way out of square, I suspect that it was totally sharpened before it was checked.

My suggestion is to mark the bevel and just take a pass or two. using your small square, check these ground passes for squareness. Repeat this if necessary. Do not
proceed to a complete sharpening until you have verified that these partial grindings are square. This may sound tedious; however, you will soon be up to speed.

Ken

I agree about the lateral adjustment; however, developing the skill of being able to produce squareedges efficiently will serve you well.

Ken

A couple diligent members pointed out to me about the spammer last Sunday. Enough topics were effected that I emailed Tormek IT. As I expected, IT corrected the problem quickly. Over the years, I have come to rely on Tormek IT's rapid excellence. I also rely heavily on Tormek support (support@tormek.se) for technical backup. We are most fortunate to have both groups.

Ken

 I agree with Rick. I like the rust erasers.

 Ken

Welcome to the forum, Uncle Build.  Good question. Email digital photos of your jigs to Tormek support (support@tormek.se). Support can identify them for you.
Or, you could post photos on the forum for us to identify.

If you register your tormek on the website (tormek.com) you can downloadthe latest online edition of the handbook. No charge for any of thesechoices.

Ken

Welcome tothe forum, Jim. I would suggest the Original T8. The included SG-250 and leather honing wheel are "the weapons of choice" for almost all of your sharpening list, being a second, but very usable choice for high speed steel turning tools. Study the Tormek online training classes. You will find that the experienced Tormek training staff all prefer the SG-250.

Do not become enamored with the 50 warranty of the black edition model. The machine itself is identical with the blue Original T8. Tormek is ontinually innovating. You will not be using today's Tormek fifty years from now any more than you will be driving today's auto fifty years in the future. Today's Tormek will probably still be working then; however, fifty years of innovation will make it obsolete.

Don't handicap your progress with more than one grinding wheel.Masterthe SG-250 first.

Start with chisels and plane irons. A 3/4" chisel can teach you a lot, and the jig comes included with the Original T8.

Keep us posted.

Ken