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Way Toooooo complicated.

My (T-7) has always done the same as yours. The grabbing is so violent at time that the wheel grabs snatches the grader right out of my hand. There have been a couple of time when the entire T-7 jumped right off of the cart that it sits on.

RJM

Folks,

As much as I hated to admit this to myself: In my opinion, Tormek does not truly have a Knife Jig. A jig is a type of custom-made tool used to control the location and or motion of another tool. A jig's primary purpose is to provide repeatability, accuracy, and interchangeability.  A jig is often confused with a fixture; a fixture holds the work in a fixed location. A device that does both functions (holding the work and guiding a tool) is called a jig. An example of a jig is when a key is duplicated, the original is used as a jig so the new key can have the same path as the old one.  There are many types of jigs, and each one is custom-tailored to do a specific job. Some are made to increase productivity through consistency, to do repetitive activities or to do a job more precisely.

I am sure that there are many of you who will disagree with the above definition.

For the most part I enjoy the Tormek. Having said that, I can assure everyone that if you take the craftsmanship out of knife sharpening using the Tormek you will have a mess.

To everyone, Please have a blessed New Year!

Hi,

I don't think the Ceramic knife used any more of the stone than a metal knife typically does.

I just matched the existing the best I could. I used the ink rub-off method using liquid paper on the black ceramic.

Hello guys,

Just a quick note about using my T-7, with the standard grinding wheel to sharpen (grind) a damaged Kyocera Ceramic knife. I had chipped one of my Ceramic knives, a 1/16 inch chip in it. The chip was located in about the center of the blades cutting edge.  I graded the T-7 wheel for just a minute or so using the the fine side of the grader, sharpened the knife with the wheel turning into the knife and not only did the T-7 sharpen the knife, it was sharper than it was when it originally came from the factory.
The T-7 actually ground out the 1/16 of an inch chip that was in the blade. This all took less than five minutes. I was completely and pleasantly surprised with the results of the T-7. The Tormek grinding wheel is truly an engineering marvel!

Thanks for reading,

Ray

Guys,

This ceramic knife sharpening is news to me! Is honing required?

Thanks,
RJM