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I appreciate everyone's comments. I trued the stone aggressively last night with the included tt50 and there is no real discernible up and down oscillation It seemed to cut very well and then I graded the wheel using the grading stone. I notice that I get a nice wire on the back of my chisels, and after honing the edge is sharp but not "scary" sharp. Maybe I am dulling the edge on the leather wheel? I am using headlight lens polishing compound until a tube of honing compound arrives in the mail. I suppose it the learning curve I am up against. All in all I think I can work with this bent shaft for the time being and just improve my technique. How sharp are you guys getting your chisels?

thanks for the reply. I'll just keep trying. I kinda thought this would be foolproof but apparently this fool has a learning curve.

A friend loaned me his tormek t-7 because he got a divorce and wanted someone to be able to use it while he figures out his life. Anyway I've been trying to sharpen with the t-7 with little success. I've noticed the grinding wheel seemed to have a oscillation/wobble and searching the forum found that any wobble is a problem.  So I took it all apart and brought the shaft to a machinist who chucked it in a lathe and it looks like the shaft is bent to the tune of 0.008. On a ten inch wheel this might account for the probably 1/16-1/32 inch of oscillation that I'm observing? Is this enough to thwart my sharpening efforts or do I just suck at using this thing?  I've been trying to sharpen chisels 3/4 inch chisels with little success, just cant get a good edge.
Thanks Casey