Recently I purchased a new Tormek T4. I tried to sharpen a few different tools and actually was quite statisfied with the result (of course a bit more practice is needed 
). Plane irons were not ground 90° to their sides, though. I used the SE-77 jig and checked the adjustments according to the youtube-videos. It did not work at all, so I purchased the TT-50 and shaped the stone with it. The stone did not keep the 90° angle of the grinding surface with its side, but the tool support was parallel with the stone in the horizontal position (I attached a picture, actually the stone is a bit more out of square than it is shown in the photo).
So tried the other way of mounting the support and in this position the metal rod of the support was not parallel anymore, so this might actually be the only correct attachement position.
In both cases I pressed down the support with one finger over the adjustment wheel (like in the videos) so this can not be the issue.
So I am not sure what the problem is, maybe you have an idea what the issue could be. Maybe the support bar is bent, but I believe both attachement positions would be problematic then. Maybe the machine just needs to be replaced.
Thank you!
). Plane irons were not ground 90° to their sides, though. I used the SE-77 jig and checked the adjustments according to the youtube-videos. It did not work at all, so I purchased the TT-50 and shaped the stone with it. The stone did not keep the 90° angle of the grinding surface with its side, but the tool support was parallel with the stone in the horizontal position (I attached a picture, actually the stone is a bit more out of square than it is shown in the photo).So tried the other way of mounting the support and in this position the metal rod of the support was not parallel anymore, so this might actually be the only correct attachement position.
In both cases I pressed down the support with one finger over the adjustment wheel (like in the videos) so this can not be the issue.
So I am not sure what the problem is, maybe you have an idea what the issue could be. Maybe the support bar is bent, but I believe both attachement positions would be problematic then. Maybe the machine just needs to be replaced.
Thank you!