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I recently had the opportunity to pick up the full set of Tormek diamond wheels, lightly used, at a great price, along with the MB-100 for side grinding. 
I was going through a few chisels, trying to get used to grinding on the sides of the wheels, and started noticing angle changes after swapping wheels.

I thought it was related to the amount of metal being removed, so i took one that was finished shaping and got it set back up, colored the bevel and found the angle on the coarse stone.  Without any grinding I then swapped to the fine stone, re-colored the bevel and checked again....i had to raise the micro-adjuster by 3 to get back on the right angle. Tried again with a jump from coarse to extra fine, and had to raise it by about 4 1/2.

I checked that all the mating surfaces are clean and free of debris, i don't notice any wobble, rotating the stone/washer before locking down made no difference.  Tried taking some width measurements around the rims of each stone, they all seem pretty close to eachother.  I guess that just leaves inconsistencies in the offset at the hubs?

Anyway, just wondering if others have noticed the same issue?

Just curious how others store all their jigs and accessories?
I'm a bit restricted in that I live in a 2 bedroom apartment and don't really have a dedicated spot for the grinder where I could build a stand that also holds all the extras, so i went with this 18x13x6 aluminum case with foam insert

Works well, and is sturdy enough to leave the grinder sitting on top of the case on the shelf when not in use.

Please see attachment: still have plenty of space for additional jigs down the road, but for now i just keep my user's manual in the big empty spot.
Clockwise from bottom left:
-scissor jig
-markers
-square edge jig
-truing tool
-grading stone and honing  compound (stone is always left out to dry out before putting away)
-tool rest
-short tool jig
-turning tool jig
-multi-tool jig
-3 knife jigs (45, 100, 140)

Hi all,
  I've been coveting these Tormeks for years, but never could justify the cost. I've already invested well over grand over the years in sharpening supplies for my various hobbies, but being spread out over a decade or so makes that easier to swallow, I could never justify that cost all in one shot on a single machine and it's jigs!
A little about the hobbies I have that require sharpening: I have a decent collection of knives to maintain, from pocket to survival to some fairly expensive Japanese kitchen knives; I've been collecting and using antique straight razors for years now (obviously not something the Tormek will help with. They require dead flat stones and they don't touch anything below 1k, and finish around 12-15k); Woodworking tools include HSS turning tools, chisels, bench planes, draw knives, axes, adzes, and carving gouges; leather working tools include various knives and punches.
For all these things i currently use: water stones (synthetics, slates, coticules), diamond plates, ceramic rods, a Spyderco Tri-Angle Sharpmaker, the WorkSharp Ken Onion edition mini belt sander thing,  a grinder with a fryable wheel and a grinder with paper disks, and granite slabs with wet/dry sandpapers and micro-abrasive sheets.
This isn't to say I'm an expert or anything, far from it...just that I have a bit of experience with many different methods on some varying types of tools

But then I came across an older SuperGrind 2000 at an estate sale a couple weeks back that was, too put it mildly, a heck of a bargain 
Here's what was included:
-it's the version of the 2000 that has the tapered front and the dual mounts for the support bar
-the standard sg-250 wheel and leather strop wheel (more on this below)
-handbook edition 7.1
-the angle master
-3 knife jigs (more on this below)
-scissor jig
-2 square edge jigs (one is the SE-76. The other i assume is older, the sticker is missing, but it looks... Simpler, less refined)
-tool rest svd-110
-half a tube of somewhat dried out honing compound

For all of this together i ended up paying $105

Overall it seems to be in good shape, but required a bit of tuning up right off the batt.
The surface of the wheel was a bit rough and the wheel itself was out of round. I picked up the truing tool and the stone grader....by the time i got everything trued up the wheel is at 235mm. Not bad.
The leather honing wheel had a gouge in it, so that got sanded down a bit with the tool running, then re-oiled. Works alright now, but eventually I plan to replace the existing leather with a new piece (no offense intended but it boggles my mind, some of the topics I've read here in regards to that leather wheel. The number of people who say it's cheap enough to replace the whole thing, and that it's a good value for a new one? Cheapest I've seen is around $70...vs about a dollar's worth of leather and glue. And don't get me started on the idea of cleaning the wheel in a dishwasher....know how hardened leather forms are made? Hot water is the simplest method )

Anywho, with all those saving I've already also purchased the following:
-SVS38 short tool jig (or so I thought, needs to be returned to amazon, they gave me the old svs32 model )
-svs59 multi jig
-svd186 turning tool jig
-tts100 turning tool setter
-la120 profiled leather honing wheel
-along with a foam filled case to store all the jigs

Things still on my list:
I'll eventually want to replace the shaft with the stainless one
And get the mount for using these tools at my other grinder (it took me hours reprofiling a 1"x1/4" hss skew on the tormek wheel last week), which will also give me the newer tool rest with the micro adjust feature


I know this has turned into a whole book here lol but if you've read this far, I have just a couple questions:

As I mentioned, this came with 3 knife jigs...which is a bit confusing. I can only find reference to 2 different sizes anywhere on tormek's site.
What I've got here is the svm140, then something that looks to be an older version of the svm45 (functions and measurements are the same, just no model number stamped on it).
The third looks just like the svm140, but is only 100mm wide.
So the question is, was this an old version of the long knife jig? Or is this something different?

Can anyone suggest a method for sharpening a round knife / head knife?
It's a thin flat bladed knife with a semi circular edge, about 4-5" in diameter.
Here's an example on amazon
I don't have one here to experiment with yet, but looking to get one soon and just thinking ahead.  I don't expect it to be long enough to use the tool rest without the handle hitting the rest

I'm sure I'll have more questions over time, but i think I've rambled on enough for now