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Knife Sharpening / Best approach for sharpening s...

Last post by Peter_Kegels - Today at 07:58:57 AM

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have experience sharpening serrated steak knives using Tormek gear?
I am considering using the LA-120 Profiled Leather Honing Wheels with PA-70 honing compound to polish the individual serrations.

However, I am wondering if this is the most effective approach or if there is a better alternative within the Tormek ecosystem.
If you have tried this, did you mount the wheels individually to get more clearance, and did the standard 3 mm radius profile fit your steak knives well?

Any tips or experiences would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance.

#2

Knife Sharpening / Re: How to achieve less than 1...

Last post by advjacky - Today at 05:25:16 AM

hi

Surface polishing and deburring can be done using 80-120 grit sanders

#3

General Tormek Questions / Re: T4 setup question

Last post by John Hancock Sr - Yesterday at 05:12:39 AM

If look look at the picture on the Tormek site here - https://tormek.com/en/products/honing-wheels/leather-honing-wheels/la-120-profiled-leather-honing-wheel - then you can see that you remove the nut from the honing wheel then screw the supplied extension onto the shaft. The honing wheels then fit to the end of the extension and the nut you removed earlier screws on the end of the extension to hold the honing wheels in place.

#4

General Tormek Questions / T4 setup question

Last post by Genots - August 02, 2026, 11:10:45 PM

I am just starting out. I have seen videos showing that after honing the outside of the bowl gouge I hone the inside with a smaller wheel with a convex edge.

My T4 came with such a smaller wheel but its mounting hole is not the same shape as the rod the large honing wheel is mounted on. So there is no way to attach the small wheel.

This seems so basic it's hard to believe the manual doesn't cover it but I can't find anything about it in the manual.

Any tips?

#5

General Tormek Questions / Re: Shutting down

Last post by John Hancock Sr - July 31, 2026, 08:13:41 AM

I'm taking it back to the store where I bought it and will ask for a replacement

Good idea.

#6

Knife Sharpening / Re: Wheel direction

Last post by John Hancock Sr - July 31, 2026, 08:12:42 AM

Both directions work.

I do a mixture of jig and hand. Although no where near the skill of those mentioned I do edge leading with jigs and edge trailing freehand. It just seems to make sense.

#7

Knife Sharpening / Re: Simple adjustment of the g...

Last post by advjacky - July 31, 2026, 08:02:23 AM

  hello

This post helped me a lot

thanks

#8

General Tormek Questions / Re: Shutting down

Last post by Rjje - July 30, 2026, 10:50:50 PM

It happened again today after sharpening about 10 knives. I could feel a lot of heat coming from underneath the honing wheel. I removed the wheel and felt the motor, and it was really hot.
So I think you're right John – it's probably the thermal overload protection kicking in.
I'm taking it back to the store where I bought it and will ask for a replacement

#9

Knife Sharpening / Re: Wheel direction

Last post by tgbto - July 30, 2026, 03:37:01 PM

I'm sorry but I find the posts by @KaithyHong suspicious : newly registered user, some posts having nothing to do with the actual topic, links to an external website that's 26 days old and has nothing to do with a "smooth swivel plate" except that an AI could have confused the two.

Out of 7 posts, 5 start more or less the same and give a general advice. Out of all the new members of this forum, that's both the most educated and most unspecific one.

I advise caution.

#10

General Tormek Questions / Re: Shutting down

Last post by John Hancock Sr - July 30, 2026, 10:39:36 AM

This will be the thermal overload. It is designed to pick up any faults and not cause further damage. This is probably a leaky capacitor or fault in the motor. Tormek support will definitely sort you out.