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Thanks Joe, much appreciated.

Thanks Ken.

I do use a marker pen for most sharpenings, it's such a simple and effective method.

I need to get a small square and I'm grateful for your suggestion about finger pressure and steering.

Aye, I'll keep trying and no doubt get to the bottom of it with a bit more experience.

Thanks for starting the thread Brian and good to read your feedback.

I'm now about a month in to ownership of a T8 and I rate it very highly. There is a lot to enjoy in the initial familiarisation process and the overall learning curve is a very satisfying journey. I love the practicality and versatility of the system. It's also very consistent and precise.

So far I've sharpened chisels; all manner of knives; axes; scissors and gardening shears. I have confidence in the T8 and it makes sharpening fun too.

Does anyone else get fascinated by looking at the contents of the water trough at the end of a sharpening session? It's as if I expect to find gold in the slurry or something!

The only improvement I'd suggest so far is extending the clearance of the water trough from the grindstone. It's annoying when you handle the water trough carefully, but it still gets its plastic ground away sometimes.

If you're still at the 'considering a Tormek stage', then I suggest they are very hard to beat. I did a lot of research on many different systems before buying a T8. I'm so glad I spent my money on Tormek. I trust my instincts and a few days in to my research they were saying "Get a T8!" I did lots more research for weeks whilst kinda knowing all along what the outcome was going to be.

Apologies if this topic has been covered several times before.

I've had a good rummage around with the search engine looking for a thread dedicated to getting a straight edge on a chisel. If there is a go to thread for this topic I'd be grateful for a link to it.

The first chisel I sharpened turned out perfectly and I was really happy about it. The second one was the merest whisker off perfectly straight. Not a big deal, but enough for the perfectionist in me in to think "I wonder why that happened?" The third was less straight again, enough to frustrate me and mumble a few quiet sweary words under my breath. The fourth was perfect. On one hand I was really happy, but also confused as I'd applied the same exacting criteria to all four chisels.

Where am I going wrong?

Stone trued. Really careful how I clamp the chisel in the jig. Really careful about the universal support being straight. Thinking about the geometry of everything involved, ticking off a full checklist and expecting a perfectly straight edge every time, but not quite getting it.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks for the replies.

I don't expect clippers to be a big part of my repertoire, yet I've had enough enquiries about them to make it worthwhile to get a system in place for them.

I will look further in to the bench stones.

With a very flat surface being essential I'm also thinking along the lines of a lapping plate; certain grits of wet and dry sandpaper and the old figure of eight pattern by hand.

Hello folks. It's good to join you here.

Recently I got a T8, exciting times. I'm an experienced hand sharpener, but it's so time consuming and labour intensive that I was happy to finally tool up and go mechanised.

As advised, I'll be starting with my oldest and cheapest chisel later on today.

I can't seem to find any educational internet videos for hair and dog grooming clippers with the Tormek system. The one thread I found here was short and more than a decade old. So I thought I'd fire up a new one.

I'd be grateful for dos and don'ts tips on how to sharpen hair and dog grooming clipper blades, thanks.