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I sharpen my knives on the Tormek with good results.
But scissors: No
My steps:
1. Use sharpie to set the angle
2. Grade my stone to 220
3. Sharpen with at least 10 passes for each blade
4. Feel for burr. If no burr then sharpen more
5. Use the separate blades and close method to debut

I tried to sharpen 5 scissors and got bad results on all. They got sharper but not close as the sharpness of new scissors.

All my scissors are cheap Ikea one. Some normal and some children sized.

Any tips? Have I over sharpened my scissors?
Do the quality of the scissors has any effect?

My Ezylock get stucked everytime I put it on. Have tested three times now. Have to use a channelock/heat it with a heat gun to get it loose every time. When I put it on I do not use any force, just turn on and let the machine do the rest.

Have investigated the treads on the shaft and the not. Cannot see any damages, but I am not an expert and do not know what I am looking for.

Store the Tormek in an unisolated house where the temperature is around 3 degrees celsius now. But I live i Norway, only hours drive from their factory, so I should work in the climate here.
Do not understand what I am doing wrong.
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Have I T8 bought in 2018. Used like 5x2 hours each year.

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I have lost one of the four small black rubber "thing" on my T8. Where can I buy a new one? I hope that I not have to drive for 4 hours to the Tormek Factory:(

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New with Tormek. I have sharpened some knives with my new T4. Find it almost impossible to avaoid water spillage at the top of the T4. In the beginning I was not very worried, thinking that the Tormek is design for that. But have started to grow worried that it is wrong,and now I try to wipe of water all the time. Should I still be worried?. What will happend if water come inside the housing?

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Are there any less expensive alternative to the anti-corrosion liquid ACC-150 ?

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How do the svm45 self lock?

I struggle with this knife:

https://www.2080.no/victorinox/364117/victorinox-slaktekniv-l-180mm-med-fibroxsgrep
Tried to lift the knife but I still miss the tip. Should I freehand? When I lift the knife to much, the jig goes of the rail.

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Just got my T4. I have some japanese knives with hardness between 60-65 hrc. Are those impossible to sharpen on my regular Tormek stone?

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I am planning to buy a Tormek, but can decide betweeen T-4 and T-8. The maxium 30 min sharpening time with the T-4 is okay, but I am more worried about the hollowness. Since it have a 200 mm stone, it will be more hollow than the 250 mm T-8 stone. How much worse will the t-4 egde be compared with the T-8 egde. I have used japanese water stone for 5 years but an illness in my hand keep me from using them any more.