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Congratulations on your work station. Order and cleanliness first of all.
How did you make the cover to protect the drive wheel from splashing water? Interested in a solution.

Hi, if the blade is well centered on the handle you should use the SVM-00

I don't know how to answer you. I have always used a 12mm collar from the Ruland company

I agree perfectly! is what I have always maintained but many have said that convex is not possible on Tormek. I respect everyone's ideas, but even if with a lot of effort I have always obtained an acceptable convex by applying a second stop.

Pietje,

I'm not sure what you are referring to by microfase. In case you are referring to the microbevel, that is a short bevel at the very tip of the edge, it can only be made at a HIGHER angle than the main bevel angle.

So you can first grind for 14dps, then increase the angle and grind only a short bevel at 18dps. It is perfectly doable on a Tormek, I'd recommend using a fine grit stone (SG just recently graded fine, SJ or DE-2x0) in order to not grind too much.

sorry if I didn't understand you correctly.

Maybe it should do it in reverse, first at 18 ° dps and then at 14 ° dps to create a small bevel.
Or am I wrong to interpret the question?

I have just learned that my friend VADIM passed away on January 11th.
A great friend to all of us and a great guide for our industry.
My thoughts go to his family.
We will miss you!!! Thanks for everything.
May the earth be light to you 

TROUGH HEIGHT COMPARISON

On my T7, there is 129cm from the left trough's bottom to the shaft's centreline.

With 4 hockey pucks, there is 146cm from the right trough's bottom to the shaft's centreline.
   
Sp the right trough (shimmed with 4 hockey pucks) is about 17 cm lower than the left (factory) side. However, it works fine or me.

Sorry, some clarification to a layman:
Is the trough you use on the right always T7?
To cancel the difference in height between the two troughs, couldn't you use a third hochey disc or one divided into two parts?
Thanks

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An "off topic" question
With what tools did you get this photo?
Thanks

To Grepper:
It is a real pleasure to read your thoughts, which enrich our knowledge and dispel doubts and uncertainties. Learning is our duty, knowing how to express one's thoughts is a privilege of a few.
Thanks

BEST WISHES TO ALL 

Obviously! you always try to learn from those who know more than you. Then everyone makes their own choices and considerations. Everything is constantly evolving, in every sector.

  No, they are in the public domain 

In 2018 Knife Grinders I recommend using this sequence on Tormek leather wheels:
- leather wheel with Tormek paste composite
- 1 micron composite leather wheel (with angle increment)
- leather wheel with chromium oxide composite + 0.25 micron
using THK diamond pastes (which I still use)
Next, he recommended using the rock hard felt wheel with diamond spray and an alcohol based suspension as you can see on his site, and it's for sale.

indeed!!! with these types of inexpensive microscopes you cannot expect "depth of field" for that purpose there are high quality, high priced dedicated microscopes. It all depends on the purpose of use and if the "game is worth the candle"

There are two ways of focusing:
Either raise and lower the whole group or for more accurate focus you can use the central knob below the display. To have a decent brightness, I installed circular LEDs such as those used for high-end microscopes. The stability is optimal certainly superior to portable ones. The whole block is very stable for my use. A modification that I have implemented is to paint the chrome base with matte black to avoid annoying reflections for me.
Surely it is as You assert. These are photos taken on the fly without any software, which I don't have. With more time I will surely be able to post better photos. This is what I have and use, surely there are better miroscopes ...

Thanks van. What are we looking at, I mean what stone grades etc.
Also how did you snap the pics?

These are photos of the bevel of a knife yet to be sharpened.
The inexpensive microscope I use has an SD card for capturing both photos and videos. By connecting the microscope to the computer via a usb cable you can transfer the whole thing or use the computer monitor for a larger view