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If you look here

https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/115V-Motor-for-T-8-Including-Bushings-and-Spring-P2154C370.aspx

you will see that the Tormek motor is indeed 100W. That is a differently branded motor but the label looks similar. Also that is a Crompton motor which did merge with Tyco and they do make reasonable quality motors. It may very well be that they supplied motors for Tormek at one stage.

If in doubt do contact support as Ken says but if it were me I would really not be bothered considering it is the correct power and a Crompton motor.

The name Band-Aid is a bit like the word Fridge. A brand name that came to apply to a generic thing. We have always called them Band-Aids

Master "the good plan" before chasing "the perfect plan".

Totally agree. You can achieve exceptional results just using the Tormek jigs and wheels. My philosophy is to buy what you need when you need it. Start off simple and keep it simple until you absolutely must make it more complicated.

For those of you that aren't satisfied don't give up, you will eventually find your touch.

So true. It is important to persevere and practice. Skills such as this take time to develop and the trick is to try to constantly improve.

I worry about the residual when changing grits of honing materials

Probably valid concern but the grit does wear relatively quickly. I think the OP wants to just use something cheaper.

it doesn't come with one

Yes - I came to that conclusion. If you look at the Tormek product description it is listed on the regular T8 but not on the Black. No big deal really.

I have been looking for the metal plate referred to in the T-8 getting started guide that came with my T8 Black but there does not seem to be one. Is this deliberate? Maybe they thought that it would mar the clean black look of the anniversary edition???

Sorry - this seems to be a double post. Just saw the other one!

You can use pretty much any honing compound or paste on the wheel. In effect it is simply a leather strop glued to a round wheel so anything you use on a strop will work.
Green compound is often used. Thus is slightly finer than your Tormek paste and can be rubbed in just as you would on a strop. Again you need to apply with each strop process and clean the wheel regularly.
Another one is metal polish paste. This is slightly coarser than the Tormek compound and comes in small tubs. (Try and get the one without ammonia.)
Both of these would be much cheaper than the Tormek compound but in reality the Tormek compound should last a very long time.

If this is the stone wheel SG-200 then yes, it can be trued with the trueing tool TT-50. Depending on what you are sharpening it may not matter that much but you should get a TT-50 in any case to keep the stone in good condition.

S'il s'agit de la meule en pierre SG-200, alors oui, elle peut être rectifiée avec l'outil de rectification TT-50. Selon ce que vous affûtez, cela n'a peut-être pas beaucoup d'importance, mais vous devriez dans tous les cas vous procurer un TT-50 pour garder la pierre en bon état.

Has anyone looked at any of the Tormek clone jigs such as Jet?

My son bought me one of these

https://www.timbecon.com.au/sherwood-wet-stone-grinder-plane-camber-jig

Have not had a chance to use it yet but it seems quite good. I may give it s short appraisal once I use it.

There is a new Tormek Sharpening class up on the Tormek Innovation Sharpening on their YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOM931z3YPM

Unfortunately, anyone reading what you quote from me out of context might think it reflected my opinion

Sorry, that was not my intent, hence the quotes. I was making an observation on the design of the Tormek that it in and of its very nature was a general purpose machine evolved from previous powered and unpowered machines.

I use the table trick outlined in the Tormek knife sharpening class. This seems to work fine for all of the small knives I sharpen. There is the occasional pesky knife that is too tricky to fit the SNM-00 which I sharpen freehand.

"The Tormek was not created as a knife-sharpening equipment. Knives are kind of an afterthought."

While this may or may not be true, it is true that the primary motivation was to create a machine for easily sharpening woodworking tools. The concept of a natural grinding wheel rotating in a water bath is as old as the hills and goes back to antiquity, possibly to the bronze or iron age. There were even powered machines pre Tormek. These were mostly general purpose machines and designed for sharpening in general, not specifically "wood working" tools. The Tormek was not a new concept but, like most good inventions, an evolution on the wet stone sharpening wheel. Whether or not it was intended to sharpen edges on non-woodworking tools it was certainly based on a universal natural stone grinder.

Further to the point there is a sticker on the 1982 model, SA250, illustrating the direction of grind and hone showing a picture of a kinife being sharpened. So from very early on the idea that it could be used to sharpen knives was clear.