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General Tormek Questions / 50Hz vs 60Hz Tormek motors

Last post by Ken S - Today at 12:16:05 AM

We occasionally receive questions about 50 Hz and 60Hz motors. This video should answer all of our questions in this area.

Ken

https://youtu.be/7voH3cm2h1M?is=81WoHESvKKLtgNsk

#2

General Tormek Questions / Re: sharpening japanese carvin...

Last post by RickKrung - Yesterday at 06:28:44 PM

hello, I want to sharpen this carving knife:
https://www.dictum.com/en/marking-knife-kogatana-standard-double-bevel-blade-width-18-mm/710201
I read the instructions if I am not wrong the recommend using the SVD.186 R and MB-100 with one diamond stone. To me this is impossible to do. Too expensive. Isn't there another cheaper way to do it? I tried to do one free hand. I am not crazy about it, although there was an improvement compared to my previous method with waterstones.
Thanks Enrico

I believe I have dealt with a similar challenge recently, with sharpening very small, thin blades for woodworking marking knives. My blades are about 1mm (0.029") thick, 10mm wide (0.375") and 50mm (2") long.  Bevels are straight, primary at 10º and secondary 20-25º.  The secondary bevel is quite narrow. 
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I used the standard Tormek knife sharpening jigs, both SVM and KJ, but because the blades are so thin, narrow and short, had to hold them off to the side of the jig in order to get them in close enough to the grinding wheels, particularly to get the 10º primary bevel.  Keeping them level and square was also a challenge.  I had to be careful about getting the blade aligned square in the jig and the jig collar snug against the USB, all while carefully and slowly bringing the blade up to the grinding wheel. 
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It took some practice to get right and I'm not showing what some looked like, just those after I got it figured out better (except on of the six blades shown does show a bit of non-uniformity in the primary bevel).  I comment on this partly because it is just what had to be done to get the bevels right, but also because the secondary bevel on the OP's example Kogatana knife is not particularly even. 
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In both the SVM and KJ jigs, I had to use shims under the blades to be able to clamp them, because they are so thin.

The primary difficulty with this setup was keeping the blade/jig from rotating, both radially and axially.  This is what took practice and it ultimately came down to very controlled movements.  Also, I found it worked best when I used magnification (OptiVisor @ 5X) to get in close to view the placement while grinding. 

#3

General Tormek Questions / Re: sharpening japanese carvin...

Last post by Enricopg - Yesterday at 09:08:06 AM

Thanks John, I was thinking the same but wasnt sure! 👍

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General Tormek Questions / Re: LA-100 leather honing whee...

Last post by Andras - Yesterday at 04:19:12 AM

I took the leather honing wheel off my Tormek T-8 and mounted it on my Ryobi bench grinder, which runs at about 3000 RPM. I've used it that way for over two years. It spins away from me, of course. I treat it like any other wheel on a grinder: easy, light pressure.

I use Lee Valley Tools' green honing compound instead of the Tormek paste, because the Tormek paste flies all over the place even when it's rubbed into the leather. I apply the compound with the wheel stopped.

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General Tormek Questions / Re: sharpening japanese carvin...

Last post by John Hancock Sr - Yesterday at 02:46:05 AM

I would use the SVD-110 tool rest. Draw a line across the wheel with a square then align the edge with this. Once you are happy with the angle draw another line onto the tool rest to align the knife so that you can maintain the proper angle. It may take some fine tuning to get it excactly right

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General Tormek Questions / Re: Squareness

Last post by John Hancock Sr - Yesterday at 02:38:31 AM

As you sharpen, repeatedly check for squareness, and make adjustments as necessary.

Exactly. I use the small Tormek square, but I also have a small sliding bevel, 4" (150mm) which I can also use. It takes some practice but persistence and constantly checkin=ing until you are confident with the squareness is the key here.

#7

Tormek T-1 and T-2 / Re: T1 - problem sharpening to...

Last post by Apex56 - Yesterday at 01:51:28 AM

Welcome to the forum, Apex 56.

I reached out to Samuel at Tormek, who did the T1 online class. In his reply, Samuel wrote that he consulted with support who suggested that you send them a short video ([email protected]).

Please keep us posted.

Ken

Hi Ken, many thanks for the welcome and a huge thanks for reaching out to Samuel. It will be a month or so until the next sharpening session, but I plan to try tgbto's above suggestion and depending on how that goes, also record a brief video and send through to Tormek support - and will keep you posted. Ciao for now 🙂

#8

Tormek T-1 and T-2 / Re: T1 - problem sharpening to...

Last post by Apex56 - Yesterday at 01:41:31 AM

Thanks for your thoughts, that makes a lot of sense and using the sharpie at the top of the bevel and onto the blade is a great idea to test it. It will be a month or so until I pull out the T1 to touch up the kitchen knives again, but will definitely give that a go. Thanks again.   

#9

General Tormek Questions / sharpening japanese carving kn...

Last post by Enricopg - October 10, 2026, 08:32:49 PM

hello, I want to sharpen this carving knife:
https://www.dictum.com/en/marking-knife-kogatana-standard-double-bevel-blade-width-18-mm/710201
I read the instructions if I am not wrong the recommend using the SVD.186 R and MB-100 with one diamond stone. To me this is impossible to do. Too expensive. Isn't there another cheaper way to do it? I tried to do one free hand. I am not crazy about it, although there was an improvement compared to my previous method with waterstones.
Thanks Enrico

#10

General Tormek Questions / Re: Unidentified accessory

Last post by Revor - October 10, 2026, 09:29:55 AM

It is for sharpening scraper blades for woodturning.

Thank you likewise. Found the original box got an illustration on it.