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Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the reply,
When i am sharping a chisel or plane iron i can hear the stone cutting more on one edge of the tool then the other,It is not an even grind across the bevel,Then when i start to hone the blade it does not hone evenly across,One side is lower then the other and it takes forever to get the bevel flat,Also i am moving the grader very slow across the stone and the ridges are very small.
Fred

Greeting to all,
I posted this message about a week ago and i have not had a response,Over 30 people have look at this post and not one reply,I joined this forum so i could get some help useing the tormek correctly,Maybe no one here as had this problem,I have not been able to get the stone flat,I know that i am doing everything right i think,From what i see,there is no way to tell if your stone is flat after using the truing tool,and before you use the grader so i would know if it is the grader that is causeing the stone to not flatten,I was hopeing someone here would have an answer to my post.
Thanks
Fred Boreale

Hi All,
I feel kinda of stuipd asking this question,But here goes,When i set the diamond tool at the low spot on the stone and start to move across the stone very fine ridges form across the stone,w/these ridges there How do you know when you are done truing the stone,There is no way to check for flatness because of the ridges,I do not want to move the tool rest down to check as i would lose my setting for the diamond tool,Now lets assume that the stone is flat?Now i use my stone grader to remove the ridges left by the diamond tool and now i figure i am done as all the ridges are out and the stone is back to 220 grit then i check w/the tool rest and  the stone is not flat,It is high in the middle,Not by much but not flat,I am not movng the grader very much accross the stone maybe a 1/4" side to side as not to crown the stone but i can't seem to get the stone dead flat,it is always high in the middle.(A very small amount)
Now, Was the stone flat after truing the stone or did i unflaten it w/the grader? How do you know.What am i doing wrong.
Thanks
Fred Boreale  

 Greetings to all,
I am a new member to this forum and a new owner of the big green machine,Received it as a gift,I have been using water stones for years on chisel and plane irons w/very sharp result,But getting alittle tired of always having to fatten the stones in the middle of sharpping,I have had the tormek about a week  now,used it once to try it out, Sharpen a very badly nicked chisel(I mean this chisel was a mess) that i would not have tryed to sharpen even on 240 grit stones,It would have taken forever to get the nicks out,From machine set up to finished chisel it took maybe 20 mins and it work perfect,Shaving hair perfect,On gradeing the stone to 1000 grit the stone grader started to dish,My question Re:The stone grader,In the FAQ on Yahoo site is says that the stone would become dished w/use and it needs to be fatten,(How would you flatten that stone anyway)On the sharptools USA site Jeff says he uses the stone on each end to increase the life of the stone,He also says that when the stone starts to dish it will work better,Am i missing something, What is the correct way to use the stone grader,Do you hold it in the middle,On the ends,Do you tilt it down and use the edge ,I seem to get everything to work right,I can get the black marks out after grinding,And changing grits works also,But the stone is starting to dish,To dish or not to dish,That is the question?Any help
Thanks
FRED BOREALE