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Thanks for all that gents! I'll take a good look at the links etc you have been kind enough to post.

many thanks fore the advice.

Cheers,

Julian Robinson

Rick, many thanks for that and many thanks for replying so quickly!

I'll take a look through the different posts and threads.

I'm still confused about which jigs etc are suitable for my machine and it's not always obvious on various suppliers sites which are and which are not.

I have ordered the clamp so I can attach the bar in a horizontal position to allow me to grind the other way round but beyond that I'm not sure.

The stainless steel shaft sounds good, I can't get the main grinding wheel off the shaft at all yet!
Thank you for the advice.

Hi, thanks for accepting me to this Forum!

I'm new to all this so forgive me if my questions are naïve!

I have very recently taken up woodturning, for reference I have the following turning tools all "Robert Sorby" brand.

¾" Skew Chisel
¾" Roughing Gouge
1/8" Parting Tool
3/8" Spindle Gouge
3/8" Bowl Gouge
½" Round Nose Scraper

I was lucky enough to be given a Tormek "Super Grind 1200" with the a 20cm. Water Grinding wheel and a 14.5cm. Honing wheel.

I have the Bar arrangement for holding/resting Jigs along with a flat tool holder, another holder which I think is for plane blades or Knives and a yellow plastic card with different angle settings on it.

I'm assuming I need a stone dressing tool of some sort and I understand the wheel surface can be adjusted by the dressing tool to grind finer or coarser, or is that for a different type of wheel?
The dressing tools on Amazon mostly seem suspiciously cheap.
I'm assuming I'm going to need some sort of Jig/Jigs for the turning tools but I'm very confused as to which are correct for this machine.

I've looked at the following

SVS-50
SVD-186
TTS 100

I'd want to make whatever I get as "future proof" as possible so that I can sharpen other types of turning tools as I acquire them.

Will I also need honing paste?

Sorry for such a long post, I imagine these are very common questions but I'm hoping someone can help!
Many thanks in advance.
Julian Robinson