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On behalf of the whole Tormek team we want to express our deepest sympathy and condolences to Dr. Vadim Kraitchuk's family and friends.

Vadim has through the years been a central part of the Tormek community with his background as a researcher and his feeling for innovation brought a lot of inspiration and knowledge to sharpeners around the globe.

He will be missed both professionally and personally amongst many of us.

Always thoroughly analyzing Tormek solutions but always fair and respectful in his comments and videos. He was liked and respected by Tormek, Tormek users and sharpening enthusiast all over the world. 

The Tormek Team

Hi Ega,

Just as Rick said in his post it is a so small amount of braze material so there is no problem at all. Also, the RPM on the Tormek is low which makes it even less of problem.

/ Sébastien

Short of starting a new thread, this one seems the most recent and appropriate place to ask some questions arising from my recent investment in a DF-250.
When unpacking the wheel I noticed what looked like traces of rust in the bore and, having cleaned it, decided to grease the spindle. This prompted me to wonder whether the wheel could be made of stainless material. I realize that the requirements of the electroplating process may preclude this but if practical it would certainly make life simpler (and cheaper - Chanel No 5 comes to mind when contemplating the concentrate).
The instructions for the ACC-150 say to mix it with water before filling the trough; is this so that the two can be physically stirred? When I made up the dilute concentrate I thought I detected a very faint blue tinge in the water and, after stirring, a white cloudy effect. What is this and would distilled water be preferable to tap water (I live in a hard water area)?
I have taken note of Sébastien's very helpful post above and assume that, albeit a Newbie, he is the Sébastien from Tormek.
I note that a smell indicates the need to change the concentrate; assuming that I retain my sense of smell Covid notwithstanding, what sort of smell should I be trying to detect?

Hi everyone, first of all my apologizes for my tardive answer. I will try to answer your questions as well as I can.

The reason why we use a steel core (that can rust) on our diamond wheels and not an aluminum core is that the diamond plating process with aluminum is not environmentally friendly at all. Therefore, we have chosen the steal core. A good tip would be to grease the bore of the wheel with the same grease that you used to grease the spindle to avoid rust there.   

Regarding which water to use with the ACC-150 tap water is just fine and the two can be physically stirred.

When it comes to the smell I would say that as long you can stand the smell of it the diamond wheels can stand it as well:) So just keep going until you find the smell being unpleasant for your own wellbeing.

Stay sharp/

Sébastien

Hi, Thank you for all the comments and feedback. I'm glad you seem to like our new approach with these live sharpening classes. It's really fun to record them and to get interaction with Tormek Users and enthusiasts all over the world.

We had some technical complications yesterday and therefore the link wasn't correct. We had to start over with a different link. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Next episode is planned to air in 2 weeks.

Until then Stay safe everyone.

/ Sébastien

Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know that we'll be doing part 2 in our sharpening class today at 15:30 CET. We'll be sharpening scissors and axes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlScXCdisAo&t=2624s

/Sébastien

Hi everyone,

Thank you for all the feedback and thoughts regarding our first live session on Youtube. With the live format our idea is to be as interactive as possible with the viewers and off course it is a balance when to take questions and how many questions to take. A balance that we'll hope to master better and better for each episode. The next episode we'll probably be sometime next week and we'll do scissors and axes. Hope you will join us then.

Stay Safe until next week!

/Sébastien

Hi,

Please send a mail to support@tormek.se and they will help you.

[Should the ACC solution be reused?]

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to try to answer some of your questions regarding the ACC-150.

Should the ACC solution be reused?
Yes, it can be reused. When the water vaporizes the ACC stays in the water tray. You can the just refill the water tray. 

If so for how long?
It can be reused for quite some time. The only issue I experienced that since there is no preservative in the ACC-150 is that the water starts smelling after a while. Then I wash it and put new ACC-150 in.

Is there a problem with cross contamination?
No cross contamination is not an issue.

What are the benefits of using ACC with traditional stones?
The advantage of using ACC with traditional stones are that sometimes steel particles gets stuck on for example the SG stone which rust, and it gives it a reddish color. This is avoided when using the ACC-150 with traditional stones. Also, when sharpening tools with the ACC-150 some ACC is often left on the tools which helps preventing rust on the tools.

Is there a problem with using the ACC with the Japanese Waterstone?
No problem!

Finally, the only recommendation I want to stress is to lower the water tray when finished like always when working on the Tormek.

Stay sharp!

/Sébastien

I have had maybe 3-4 cases worldwide where the easylock gets stuck. LIGHTLY tapping on the the easylock is my first recommendation and if this doesn't work the heating it up as Mette suggested works very well.   

Hi again and thanks for the welcome. I appreciate all the input and we will try to be better in the future to inform you guys about news etc.

We would like to post more videos in the future but it is often a matter of time. Even a short movie that isn't Hollywood produced takes a great deal of time and several of us Country sales manager like Wolfgang and myself  travel a lot also so it is at times difficult to produce videos at the paste we would desire.

But I completely agree with you Ken, videos are important and good way to show people what a great machine the Tormek is and help people using the machine at its full potential, which you guys on the forum are doing a great job with.

Unfortunately I didn't have time to contact or meet the "Dutchman" with an already busy scheduele. Perhaps next time in Holland.

A video sharping class broadcasted on internet perhaps could be a good Idea. I will discuss the possibilites with out media departement.

Best regards
Sebastien

Hi everyone, My namn is Sebastien and i work as a Country sales manager at Tormek. I'm really glad to see all the entusiasm around our new video and questions arising. I will try to answer some of them for you in the best manner I can.

1. To remove material from a knife from a Tormek machine the best is to start with truing the stone with the TT-50 because then you get it as aggressive as the SG-250 can be.

2. You can use the stone grader on the outside of the stone which was done in the video. With the Coarse side to speed things up in this case.

3. Regarding using an other machine like a "dry grinder" to remove material is possible and off course faster then with the method showed in the film. But in this case we wanted to show that the whole process could be made on the Tormek in a satisfying way.

4. When you want to remove material on a knife with the SG-stone you can do it both on the stone and on the side of the stone. It's up to the user what he prefers. I personally prefer the side of the stone just like Wolfgang did in the video. What's new with the new TT-50 together with the MB-100 is that you can actually true the side of the stone. Not to many times but it is possible to do with a good result. This is a News that we will come with more information up ahead.

5. Regarding the time it took the whole process 25 minutes is accurate. The steel was quite soft on this particular knife. Then the process of filming takes longer with retakes, diffrent angels and so on. Wolfgang also needed lunch so we took a break during the filming

Hope I answered most of your questions and I'm looking forward getting to know you all better.

Now I'm off to Holland for four sharpening courses.

Best regards

Sebastien Ehnevid