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#1

Knife Sharpening / Re: Amazon Tormek SB-250

Last post by John_B - Yesterday at 07:31:56 PM

A link would be useful. When I do a search on my Amazon I only see $338.

#2

Knife Sharpening / Amazon Tormek SB-250

Last post by k100rsm - Yesterday at 07:03:09 PM

Hello all,

I see SB-250 wheels on Amazon priced at $192.60 delivered.  It is sold by a seller called the Tormek Store. They have had them for sale at this price for months.  4.6 stars from 96 reviewers.

Meanwhile most of the other sellers are priced at $338.  Has anyone got an explanation for this?  It would seem that there are not enough of these wheels sold to justify counterfeits.  Maybe not?  Input?

Thanks!

#3

Knife Sharpening / Re: Consistenty of sharpening

Last post by tgbto - Yesterday at 04:30:06 PM

What a big whole lot of AI slop.

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Knife Sharpening / Re: Consistenty of sharpening

Last post by miriamjssb - Yesterday at 03:34:59 PM

That sounds rough! if you wanted a comprehensive guide to sharpening, here's an article on how to sharpen knives that I found.
Hope it helps!

#5

Scissors Sharpening / Re: SC-60 Scissors Jig

Last post by Ken S - January 27, 2026, 03:09:59 PM

Two things of note with Tormek platforms:
If you look through the bore, the hole is not round. There are two flat areas. Tormek calls these flats "Torlock", a patented feature for producing a tighter grip using less pressure. It really makes a noticeable difference.
The second thing of note is the thread size of Tormek locking screws. Tormek has standardized on M6 threads. This is a standard size readily available in a variety of styles in hardware stores. Those of us who modify our jigs (including me) tend to accumulate various M6 hardware.

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Scissors Sharpening / Re: SC-60 Scissors Jig

Last post by rolsen - January 27, 2026, 09:52:03 AM

Despite my initial feelings, I ordered the new jig too.

#7

Scissors Sharpening / Re: Excess Water Overflow When...

Last post by Royale - January 27, 2026, 03:38:54 AM

I typically sharpen scissors left to right only, and this often directs the drips back into the trough.

#8

Hand Tool Woodworking / Re: Woodpeckers Router Plane

Last post by WimSpi - January 26, 2026, 04:45:34 PM

Looks like a really cool and useful tool.  As long as woodworkers have been dealing with that sort of need, why has this not been invented before?

As a carpenter, I worked with a router plane in the 1970s. It was made entirely of wood.

Adjusting the depth was easy. You placed the router plane on the wood. And the depth of the groove was marked on the side of the wood. You then lowered the chisel until it touched this depth mark and tightened it with a nut. That's all there was to it.
If the groove was deeper, you set it to multiple depths.

The centuries-old name for this plane in Dutch was "Horletoet."
But if you translate the current name, "grondschaaf," into English, it becomes "ground plane."

What I find more important than a very precise adjustment of the chisel is a heavy mass. Then it pushes the plane more easily through the wood when encountering resistance from the wood.

#9

Hand Tool Woodworking / Re: Woodpeckers Router Plane

Last post by rolsen - January 26, 2026, 01:49:08 PM

Router plane iron is also very simple to sharpen freehand on a diamond stone (or other). Veritas is a go-to router plane these days, as vintage ones have gotten a Paul Sellers increase 

#10

Hand Tool Woodworking / Re: Woodpeckers Router Plane

Last post by MikeK - January 26, 2026, 10:40:29 AM

Veritas has been making a router plane with removable blades for years.  The Veritas version is less expensive than the Woodpeckers version.

https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/hand-tools/planes/router/52609-veritas-router-plane