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#1
One of my knife customers recently asked me if I could sharpen his masonry chisels with carbide tips. One chisel with 2" wide, the other was 1.5" wide, the handle area about 6" long, 1" wide hex diameter on the handle. The striking end of the chisel was rolled over quite a bit from being hit  with a heavy hammer.  I had to use my angle grinder with cut off disc to remove most of the roll over, then I used a bench grinder to clean up and dress the end with a 1/4" chamfer. Important to keep the striking end cool with a dunk in cool water after a few seconds of grinding. Moving on to the tip end I used to pieces of 1"aluminum angle stock clamped to the shaft with a kant-twist clamp to make a stop that would rest against the top of the USB. Set the angle up to 45 deg on each side.  At first I tried my SB-250 stone to grind with but this was going very slow. I then switched to a 200 grit CBN while using PB-Blaster on the wheel to prevent the wheel from loading up with carbide. That worked much better but later found out CBN should never be used to sharpen carbide...ugh.  The best TORMEK wheel to use for these chisels would have to be the DC-250 (360 grit). A coarser grit, closer to 200 would be better.  If your looking for another tool to add to your list of things to sharpen, this would be a good one.  Stone Masons spend about $140 for a 2" wide chisel w/ carbide tip. The masons I've talked to found these very difficult to sharpen and would often just replace than spend time trying to sharpen. 
#2
Hi,

I have a question about what the horizontal distance of the FVB from the front of the T8 should be when I'm honing?  I'm using the FVB from Schleifjunkies with the USB, mostly for honing on the leather honing wheel LA-220. I'd like to use the Calcapp calculator to improve my final honing, it's been very helpful on the sharpening side.  I can figure out the distance from the USB to the wheel using the calculator but not the horizontal distance of the FVB.  Thanks all, and Happy Father's Day to all.
#3
I'm curious how accurate the marker method along the blade to check the honing angle compares to using the Calcapp?  Do some of you just go by "feel" when honing, use the Calcapp, or the marker method?
#4
I'm planning on buying another leather honing wheel for my T8 that I'll use with CrO2.  Having a hard time finding where to buy the CrO2 paste for this??
#5
I purchased a 10" rock hard felt wheel (0.80gm/cm3) for my T8.  Applied 1 micron diamond paste (more like a slurry) to the surface for honing. A couple of questions I have are, how often should I reapply the paste and is alcohol based diamond spray better to use than a slurry?  The diamond slurry stuff came in a small 1oz spray bottle.  I couldn't find where to buy the alcohol based spray. 
#6
Hi Group,

I'm considering adding a 1200 grit CBN wheel to my arsenal of wheels for my T8.  I have a 600 & 1000 grit CBN wheels already.  Do you think the 1200 would add another level of sharp when doing knives, or would I be better off with a 400 to use on edges that have a lot of damage?

Looking forward to your input
#7
I still consider myself a rookie at this but I'm really kind of obsessed with sharpening.  Bought a T8 about a month ago with about six different jigs to sharpen knives, scissors, and wood carving tools, and honing wheels along with the SJ-250 Japanese Wet Stone...what a nice finish that puts on the blade.   I've been charging $5/knife, $6/ scissors.  I was wondering what others are charging?  Do you charge by the knife, or do you charge by the size of the blade?  I've seen some people charge $1/inch, that seems reasonable also. Since I'm just getting started I'm kinda building a customer base now.  I figure after a year or less I could ask a little more.   I'd like to hear what others here are charging for knives, scissors and wood carving tools.   Thanks!
#8
General Tormek Questions / Carrying case for T8??
February 26, 2022, 02:02:36 AM
I was wondering if any of you ever have to haul your T7 or T8 to shows, demos or farmers markets, and if you put it in a carrying case?   I've been invited (asked) to set up a knife sharpening stand at a couple of the local farmers markets.  I'm thinking one of the 22" pac-out cases by Milwaukee, DeWalt or HUSKY at Home Depot but I thought I'd ask if anyone is utilizing a carrying case already that is working good. I'm thinking the T8 would fit in one of the cases with some strategically place foam inserts to prevent it from moving around and maybe a wheel.   Any thoughts or experience hauling your TORMEK around?
#9
General Tormek Questions / Is FVB Jig still available?
February 19, 2022, 10:51:20 PM
Hi,

New to this great forum!  Became obsessed with knife sharpening recently, bought a TORMEK T8 with a few fixtures and the Japanese water stone, addicted to the online videos, especially the ones from Vadim at Knife Grinders Aus.  Vadim brought so much innovation, and expertise to knife sharpening...really bringing it a art form, he was the G.O.A.T!

With that said, can anyone advise me if the FVB jig is still available to purchase?  I see this as the next tool I must have for my T8.

Thanks!