Hi everyone,
I am Simon, an enthusiast hobby woodworker currently living in Switzerland and I got some struggle with my Tormek.
I have had my Tormek T8 for quite a while now and I am easily able to sharpen my tools to razor sharpness, but I am struggling so much with the following topics:
1. Getting a square edge with the SE-77
2. The SG-250 glazing up (same for the dresser)
For issue #1:
It is extremely hard/impossible for me to get the SE-77 to produce a perfectly square edge. The stone is trued with the truing tool, the USB is parallel to the stone, water is fresh. I draw a line across the stone with a precision square and use the ruler of my Starrett square edge to me sure the SE-77 adjustment knobs (those for the camber) is parallel across the line. The result is a perfectly NOT square edge. No matter how much I fiddle around, perfectly square wont work.
Is it the way I apply pressure? How do I have to do that?
For issue #2:
The initial grinding after truing the stone is quite good but doesn't last all to long. It already falls off after putting a new bevel on a 2 inch plane iron.
As soon as I use the coarse dresser for the first time it basically sounds like honing on 1000 Grit and barely a difference to the fine side of the dresser. The grinding takes extremely long until I true it again (which then requires adjustments again.
I have a 325 Grit DMT Diamond plate but I am scared to ruin is when dressing the SG-250 with it. What do you think? I am close to buying the DC-250 to solve that problem, but I am not too sure about that. I would need to swap wheels all the time.
For issue #3:
Sharpening planer blades I wont even start with at the moment.
Best regards and a great weekend
Simon
I am Simon, an enthusiast hobby woodworker currently living in Switzerland and I got some struggle with my Tormek.
I have had my Tormek T8 for quite a while now and I am easily able to sharpen my tools to razor sharpness, but I am struggling so much with the following topics:
1. Getting a square edge with the SE-77
2. The SG-250 glazing up (same for the dresser)
For issue #1:
It is extremely hard/impossible for me to get the SE-77 to produce a perfectly square edge. The stone is trued with the truing tool, the USB is parallel to the stone, water is fresh. I draw a line across the stone with a precision square and use the ruler of my Starrett square edge to me sure the SE-77 adjustment knobs (those for the camber) is parallel across the line. The result is a perfectly NOT square edge. No matter how much I fiddle around, perfectly square wont work.
Is it the way I apply pressure? How do I have to do that?
For issue #2:
The initial grinding after truing the stone is quite good but doesn't last all to long. It already falls off after putting a new bevel on a 2 inch plane iron.
As soon as I use the coarse dresser for the first time it basically sounds like honing on 1000 Grit and barely a difference to the fine side of the dresser. The grinding takes extremely long until I true it again (which then requires adjustments again.
I have a 325 Grit DMT Diamond plate but I am scared to ruin is when dressing the SG-250 with it. What do you think? I am close to buying the DC-250 to solve that problem, but I am not too sure about that. I would need to swap wheels all the time.
For issue #3:
Sharpening planer blades I wont even start with at the moment.
Best regards and a great weekend
Simon