Hello All
My name is Bill. I thought this would be the appropriate place for my first post. I've not purchased my T-8 yet but am saving towards it. I have plans to open a small sharpening business when I retire in a few years and the T-8 is on my kit list. I've been quite proficient at sharpening a wide variety of tools, knives, blades, chainsaws etc. for myself and others since very young thanks to my father's influence who would always take the time to sharpen a tool rather than try to use it dull. I'm almost always surprised by what some people think is sharp and they are almost always surprised when I give something back to them that I've sharpened.
I've used a variety of stones, papers, grinders and fixed angle jigs over the years and can't shake the urge to try something like the T-8. As a youngster I used to use an old treadle powered wet stone to sharpen freehand hatchets, axes, lawnmower blades and knives and became pretty proficient. I see the Tormek machines as the equivalent to the "Space Shuttle" as compared to the old treadle powered wet stone. With all the jigs, accessories, user mods, videos and expert user advice available for the Tormek machines I'm sure it will become an invaluable addition to my kit.
I tend to research the heck out of something before I jump in so I've got a lot of reading and learning from others to do here on the forum while saving for my own!
My name is Bill. I thought this would be the appropriate place for my first post. I've not purchased my T-8 yet but am saving towards it. I have plans to open a small sharpening business when I retire in a few years and the T-8 is on my kit list. I've been quite proficient at sharpening a wide variety of tools, knives, blades, chainsaws etc. for myself and others since very young thanks to my father's influence who would always take the time to sharpen a tool rather than try to use it dull. I'm almost always surprised by what some people think is sharp and they are almost always surprised when I give something back to them that I've sharpened.
I've used a variety of stones, papers, grinders and fixed angle jigs over the years and can't shake the urge to try something like the T-8. As a youngster I used to use an old treadle powered wet stone to sharpen freehand hatchets, axes, lawnmower blades and knives and became pretty proficient. I see the Tormek machines as the equivalent to the "Space Shuttle" as compared to the old treadle powered wet stone. With all the jigs, accessories, user mods, videos and expert user advice available for the Tormek machines I'm sure it will become an invaluable addition to my kit.
I tend to research the heck out of something before I jump in so I've got a lot of reading and learning from others to do here on the forum while saving for my own!