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Very interesting. Over the last days I had arrived at the same conclussion.

I locked a square into the square jig which for my money should then have made the stock of the square parallel to the wheel and it was not. By moving slightly the none threaded part of the jig support I could correct it. I agree that this in my mind is a design flaw on the T3 and hope that Tormek do correct it some how. Without this, its difficult to know how to reliably ensure that one is square to the wheel each time.

To be truthfull, I'm a bit disappointed, the legend is a little  tarnished in my eyes.

Jeff,

Many thanks for the information, its clear from your postings that you a man of experience.

I sincerely hope that I dont have to true the wheel on a brand new machine as thats another £50 part and it should not be necessary.

I'll have another play withe the jig first and see where that takes me. I can see how a bevel edge chisel could move in the jig so I'll give it a tap to settle it

cheers
Neil

I've been drooling over a Tormek for years and finally got permission from my "financial manager" to buy myself one for Christmas from herself as my present    I bought a T3 which seems to be more than enough for me.

This may seem like a naive question but how square should my edges to be with the square edge jig? I've tried 3 bevel edge chissels so far and only one is anywhere near square. The wider 1" one is quite a bit off. I have pushed the edge of it right against the side of the jig but it does not seem right.

So assumming there have been no reports of dodgy jigs, I have to assumme its complete incompitance on my behalf.

Any one got any tips.

Cheers
Neil