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Good news I measured the current stone it's nearly 248mm!  Also, the current shaft appears to be stainless albeit without the quick remove nut. All other upgrades aside from the updated water trough are present. Seems like I'll just buy a truing tool, a stone grader, possibly a new trough, and get sharpening!

I appreciate the replies. I was assuming I would need to upgrade to the stainless shaft.

I'll measure the stone when I get home. Does the dressing tool have a limited life?  There is a giant groove in one side of the current stone. It looks to require a considerable amount of material to be removed to make it flat.

I saw somewhere an upgrade kit it was close to $500 without the dressing tool, but included a new wheel as well as trough and micro adjust jig holders. I don't recall if I have the micro adjust. The cost of upgrades is quickly approaching a new T8. I may consider selling and just going new.

I bought a Tormek super grind from an estate sale about a year ago and I decided I want to get it setup and running. The original grind wheel is very uneven and I'm not sure how much life is even left. It did not come with a dressing tool.

I'm debating on just buying the 600grit diamond wheel instead of the normal stone. By the time you buy a new stone the dressing tool and the stone grader they come out to about the same price as the diamond stone.

My question is will the 600 grit diamond wheel work well for general sharpening or will I have to get a course and extra fine too? I plan on sharpening chisels, plane irons, and maybe some knives.

Thanks for your inpput!