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I am using the original wheel that came with my Tormek. Gave evrything I sharpened a good turn at the lathe yesterday and the amount of shaving I crated versus sawdust is amazing. I agree with what others have said: "Never underestimate the power and pleasure of a sharp tool."

Hello Everyone.

I just completed two and a half days of reshaping and resharpening all of my turning tools. As mentioned by some other posters, the skews were the hardest to reshape but the end result was worth it. I even have a couple of the Easy Wood Tools with the carbide cutters and resharpened them as well. After figuring out all of the tips and tricks with the different jigs, I could not be more pleased with the end result.

My tools cut like a hot knife through butter now. I'm working on a wall sculpture now and mounted a slab of red oak on my lathe and cut the surface down and hollowed out some areas in no time flat, no tear out, and I needed to follow up with very little sanding. I must say, I'm impressed.

I've been grinding with a slow speed bench grinder and One Way Wolverine Jigs for the better part of a year, and thought they were doing a good job, but the edge and ease of cut I get from the Tormek is no comparison. 

My recommendation is to spend the time needed to get your tools shaped the right way, then just touch n turn. I also love the face that I can touch up my carbide cutters.