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Wondering if any one knows if tormek are going to release an 8" diamond wheel?? I know there is one for the t2 but I want to be able to flatten the back of chisels and plane irons which rules the t2 style out. I have used the SG wheel to flatten plane irons which worked quite well but I see tormek don't recommend this (under the mb-100) so once I groove the Sg stone I'm out of luck.
Like most of us, I have a fair bit invested in my t3 so would rather not drop the 2k for a t8 and diamond wheel, just to do the back.

Thanks all for the replies.

Kevin I may not have been clear enough how I was getting the new bevel. I have some new (old) Stanley planes and a couple of firmer chisels I was trying to refresh. I establish the new edge with the SG course/fine then moved to polishing with the SJ. I did true the SJ wheel which helped but I think the nicks in the blade were more from the final step of the SG fine. Using lighter pressure (none) on the fine grade SG stone proved much better and nick free. Thanks for all the replies

I trued it again this afternoon, it's one aspect I truly dislike doing on the SJ. The thing is so darn expensive to start with!  I'll see how I go and report back if it continues.

Hi all, Ive had my T3 for some years now and have had great success with it.  I have recently started freshening up my handplane blades, initially new bevel angle on the normal stone then polish with the SJ200. The polish is amazing BUT I can't seem to get the edge right and blemish free. You can see a few small nicks on the edge of the blade (1 or 2) with the naked eye, they're hard to see but they are there. Planing with the blade produced a shaving that proved there was a nick. I bought a jewellers loop and there is definitely small nicks across the fresh edge. I seem to be replicating this on all my sharpening no matter what it is I am trying to polish. Looking for some guidance on what I might be doing wrong?

TIA.