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This answer may come too late but I upgraded my 1200 with US-105 and horizontal support XB-100 and those fits nicely. Today I changed the original stone to the new SG-250 and the results are just incredible.

The knife is on the page two (2) it's the one with the opening-hook inside the wide blade. Apparently the link didn't showed the knife what I wanted
I have watched pretty much every Tormek sharpening video, maybe I'm still doing something wrong . Should I pull my "handle" arm towards me or lift it straight up or something between those when sharpening the curved section of the blade. I have managed to sharpen standard hunting knifes with success but this model doesn't want to co-operate with me.

How can i sharpen hunter knife with blade where the tip rises up steeply? I have the svm-45 jig but it doesn´t help on the tip section, I mean that when I sharpen with the jig all the way to the tip the bewell becomes very steep compared to the straight section. Would the universal support help if I sharpen the tip by free hand?  Check the link to see the knife.

http://www.marttiini.fi/suomeksi/Marttiini_Shop/Verkkokauppa.iw3?shopUrl=/Marttiini_Hunting-list.aspx?cultureid=2

The stone doesn't wobble at all. I've tryed to spend equal amount of time on each side while grinding. I'am going to my workshop on weekend and going to do some long term measurements, I'll get back for more information. I have a few tricks to try out.
I've watched pretty much every Tormek grinding video from Youtube at least three times , it seems so easy on video. Well, I just have to practise more.
My budget on Tormek was 70 euros which makes about 100 dollar's, I think that the guy who sold it didn't realised what he was selling or he just had enough money allready . Now I've spent 140 euros on grinding jigs! and the Tormek is upgraded with the horizontal support.  The stone is now about 230 mm. 

Hello grinders.
I recently bought second hand older model tormek and now I know what is the difference between sharp and sharp tools...however my stone wears uneven. What I mean is that outside edge is higher than inside about 1,5 mm. I have trued the stone couple of times but it still is so.
I placed a long squere edge on top of the universal support and checked along the side of the stone and it seems OK. 
Also my knife sharpening doesn't go nicely. One side of the blade has example 3mm grinded area but when i grind the other side it has about twice as much the grinded area. I've tried to secure the knife edge 90 degree angle against the SVM-45 jig but...
If you have any tips to improve my grinding I have lot's of knives to practise