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I have a problem sharpening the fingernail profile on My Spindle Gouges using the Tormek.  Rather than the edge between the tip and the wing being straight it dips into a concave shape which means when I use the gouge I am only cutting with the tip and extreme end of the wing.  can anybody help me with this.  thanks  Jim

Because I was nervous about using the above tool for the first time, I had to decrease the size of my expensive  Blackstone silicon wheel by 5mm.  When using this tool on your Tormek you need to remember the carpenters principle ,"Measure twice cut once".  I thought everything was in place and ready to go so I started to true the stone, only to find the diamond cutter was digging deeper into the stone.  The fork on the tool had slipped away from the universal support. I forgot to tighten the tool to the universal support, allowing the tool to drop further onto the stone.  I have definitely learnt a lesson with this experience.  That is to calm down and approach the job methodically.   I am posting this experience as a warning to others and to remind myself.  Enjoy your day

Thank you for all the suggestions offered in response to my queries.  They have all been very helpful.  I'm sorry that I could not say thank you earlier, but I have recently changed my Internet Service provider, which meant that I lost the internet for some ten days.  This was very frustrating, but because of your advice I am no longer frustrated when sharpening my tools.

Hello, I'm new to the Tormek Community. For quite sometime I have been struggling to get the perfect edge on my tools, and have tried everything else but the Tormek, mainly because of the cost.  Having thrown all that money away on systems that did not work for me, I have now come to my senses and purchased the Tormek system. I'm sure I have made a good investment from the results I have achieved in sharpening two bowl gouges.  As I was using the system several questions came to mind which I would like to include in this post.  To the community out there the answers may seem obvious, but I'll ask them anyway.  The first one concerns the position you adopt when at the machine.  I stood in front, and found that my body got in the way when sharpening a long handled bowl gouge.  Is the bench I have the machine on two high?  Jeff Farris stands to the side of the machine, while other users on Youtube stand in front. What is the perceived wisdom on this.  My second question concerns the use the the grading stone.  Once all my tools have been shaped does the stone stay in the box until I buy a new tool?  Lastly I have several packs of honing compound from other systems can I use these on the Tormek or is there a quality issue? Many thanks for taking the time to read this, and I look forward to your comments