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Thanks Ken, I will be doing this as soon as I hit the workshop.

It's actually a set - hock plane blade and cap iron - hence my confusion at the mis-match. I have no doubt he'll clear up any problems I have.

Thanks Ken - next time I make it into my workshop I will take a quick video with the buzzing and forward it over to them.

I need to do more looking into confirming a perpendicular grind. I also need to true-up my cheapo home depot square - I don't think it is actually true. A starret 6" square is on my wish list, so I have one nice one that I know is true.

I received my Hock blade - I would say I'm cautiously optimistic. The blade itself looks great, I'm very excited to clean it up and get it into my #7, however the chipbreaker doesn't marry up very well to the blade. I don't have any experience with this style of chip-breaker yet, where it doesn't have the curve, so I'm not entirely sure how to go about cleaning that edge up. I've sent an email off to their 'contact us' email and hope to get an answer back shortly.

Thanks Ken, I will definitely look into it. I've just purchased a first 'nice' blade from Hock tools, so I want to make sure I know what I need to do to get the mirror-like finish I've seen in some photos!

Robin - I am glad that I'm not the only one, it means that it wasn't user error in setting something up incorrectly! I've been trying to identify it. I'm going to try some electrical tape between the tray and the body, see if that acts as a sort of insulator / vibration damper.

This is a great topic and I am glad it is still active.

There were some comments made earlier in the thread about watching some videos. For the holidays I received a T-8, and it came with an accompanying DVD that I am unable to watch [no DVD player]. Are these videos available online somewhere for viewing? Also, my grinding wheel has a slight oddity in its rotation - is that normal? Finally, does anyone else get a lot of vibration noise between the plastic water housing and the metal body of the Tormek? Is there a tip or trick to eliminate that [would something as simple as some electrical tape do it]?

Also, I have a question about flattening the back of a plane iron. How much pressure should I exert sideways on the stone while trying to flatten the backs of my plane irons?

Sean - if you have a T-8, one thing that has provided me no end of confusion is that the new jig [S-77] has some adjustments to allow for a cambered blade, but it does not necessarily come set 100% flat. I had to monkey around with my jig to get it to a point where the plane iron would sit in neutral to the stone. Check those two knobs and the line on the back of the jig.