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Brian,

in the manual (the swedish one we get in Norway at least) it is stated on page 46 (last page before description of the jigs) that if there is a bump in the honing wheel at the leather strop joint it can be sanded away with ordinary sandpaper using a wooden sanding block. I am also new to this so I lurk around the forum a lot, seems to be a very good forum.

Regards, Magne

Ken,

thanks for your reply. No chance of me becoming discouaged. The results even if not perferctly square was MUCH better than anything I have acomplished before. It is the other way around, since I am not good at sharpening I really never did much of it. Now I feel that I am in control of the situation. The Tormek is easy to use, and I feel that I have learnt a lot from the few items I have sharpend already. Buying new tools is not on the agenda (not currently anyway :-)) since the point of buying the Tormek in the first place was to get what I and my father already have laying around back into working order. I think I will try get my hand on one of these small machinists squares, it seem to be possibly quite useful.

Regards, Magne

Hi!

I am new here. Based in Norway, got my T8 on Black Friday sale from ClasOhlson (if your are in the nordic contries you know the stores).

Anyway, the tormek is GREAT!!! but I am having trouble grinding a square edge. I have the one jig that comes with machine (SE-77). I have ground a few chisels and 4 planes. I am having consistent problems with squareness (if that is a word). The first was a blunder, the adjustment screws were thight but the setting was to the side (or squwed or how you say it). Then I ran in to the same problem twice, the blades are slightly narrower at the back than at the edge. It was difficult to see but when I checked the newly sharpened edge it was not square to the centerline. The plane had an adjustment lever so with that to one side (max setting) I am OK, but the question is;

I there a general procedure to grind a square edge on a chisel or plane blade that does not assume that the edge is square to begin with and take into account that the item may not have parallel sides?

Regards,

MagneO