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Hi,

I've had a busy last week so I could not retry to sharpen my knives. Nevertheless, I could fix the problem I had with the wheel stopping when grading it. Thank you Even, I removed the LA220 and clean the driving wheel which becomes slippy when wet... Then I could grade again.

I will let you know when I can shave my arm.

Kind regards,

Thomas

Hello,
Thank you for your answers. I will first try to fix the problem of the stone stopping under pressure. I noticed that the SB250 glazes up quickly. Once this problem fixed, I will try again with 1 or 2 stops on the micro adjuster. I wrote to Tormek support yesterday.
Thank you again, I will let you know the result. I will probably retry this week. For now I just sharpenned my knives by hand on my DMC stones but the result is far from wet shaving my arm's hairs...
Sharpening appears to be an 'art' and I realize it needs time and practise. I'm stubborn and I want my knives to cut...

Kind regards,

Thomas

Hello,
I bought my T8 a few months ago and I was able to sharpen my chisels and handplane blade easily and efficiently. Then I tried to sharpen my 310mm jointer blade and there came the issue...
I first used the TT50 to flatten my SB250 then I set the angle (40°) and clamped my knife into the SVH320. Then I lowered the system in order to put the bevel onto the stone without space between the knife holder and the SVH's guide. I checked it was correct coloring the bevel with a black marker and rolling the stone by hand so that my black line was erased. Till that point I was happy...
Then I turned both knobs about 3 or 4 units to set the depht. Doing that, by the way, the sharpenning will start from the heel of the bevel which is not advised to be done in the manual (useless and long) but how to do differently ? I don't know.
I now move the SVH back and forth and the knife start to be grinded (from the heel of the bevel !). But then, about half of the bevel, the process stop whatever pressure I put or grade the stone. And there is still a gap between holder and support.
Moreover, the stone itself stop turning even with light pressure and I have to hold the blade so that it can restart !
Then I get mad and frustrated...
At this point, my knife is grinded on both ends (about 4cm) but I still have my black marker line on the rest of it. About 2mm from the bevel 'line'. And I spent so much time that my knife is rusty.
Please, could you give me instructions so that I can achieve my sharpenning and be happy again.

I hope my message is clear enough even if my french english is not really accurate.
Cordialement,