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Thanks Ken and tgbto.  I see your point Rich, and great info Ken.  I appreciate it.

What are you trying to achieve with the foot switch?  Can't you just let it run?

Hi Rich.  It would free up both hands to position the blade flat before starting the wheel lowering the risk of error in engaging the face to the wheel.

Thanks John for the great information.  I learned a great deal from your post.

Hi all.  I have the T-8 black edition and would like to set up a foot switch to help me flatten the back of my plane blades and chisel on my diamond wheels.  From what I can tell online, there are new safety switches in the newer T-8 models that renders them incompatible with a lot of the common foot switches.  Are there any exceptions?  Any special foot switch out there that does work with the current T-8 model?  If not, anyone have another option to help with flattening the back of these blades? 

Thanks!

Thanks everyone for the responses.  Great information!  This helps a lot.

I am new to hand tool woodworking and recently bought a T-8 to sharpen my chisels and plane blades.  All of the woodworking sharpening literature I read recommends a secondary bevel (aka micro bevel) on chisels and plane blades.  All the Tormek literature and videos only advises a primary bevel.  Is a micro bevel not needed with a Tormek?  Or is there some way I should be using the Tormek to create a micro bevel?  What do you all do when sharpening chisels and plane blades for woodworking?