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General Tormek Questions / Testowałem Kasyno Warszawa

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General Tormek Questions / Re: 10 inch honing wheel for T...

Last post by Dan - Today at 12:27:43 PM

I did a search on the forum but didn't find any answers so I decided to ask here, I have honestly tried to hone free hand and not with any success, it gets frustrating to sharpen a knife with a great edge and then mess it up on the honing side. I have watched lots of videos bit I still seem to take the sharpness out of the knife but when I hone with the USB and KS-123, my results are perfect and I couldn't be happier. Obviously, I have to keep taking my wheel off to hone most of the knives so I was wondering if anyone has bought and tried a 10 inch honing wheel and the results. I have watched some videos from different YouTubers and I am impressed watching them move from sharpening to honing without removing any wheels.

Thanks

You have asked this quite a few times already. The main problem is that a larger honing wheel gets in the way of the grinding wheel for longer knives. It is not a problem for shorter knives but as soon as you want to grind a 6 inch or longer blade the honing wheel gets in the way. This is exactly why the honing wheel is a smaller diameter. There isn't really any way around this.
As Ken says, you can change the set up a little for honing. This is one possibility but I think you will still have a problem as this time the grinding wheel will get in the way of honing for longer knives!

This old discontinued model gets round this problem by having the wheels further apart. It was a special model designed specifically for knives
https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/tormek-pr-250-mit-stein-sg-250-220-1220356278/

If you still want to use the USB support bar for honing then a better solution is to hone on another machine...

... Like I said to you previously. Here is the link again

https://forum.tormek.com/index.php?msg=40820

Danny

Sorry, I was hoping for a suggestion for a workaround. I will pay more attention to my posts going forward.

I gave you a workaround at the end of my comment - honing on a separate machine. Is that not of any interest?
There is no way to get around the problem of not enough room for longer knives if you use two 10 inch wheels on the one Tormek machine

#3

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

Last post by Royale - Today at 11:45:29 AM

What a great idea, I cant believe I didn't think of that. Cheers.

To add a bit of context...

For scissor sharpening on my SG-250, I would round off the outer edge of the grindstone, and "index" the innermost part of the scissor blade to that rounded corner, creating a softer/rounder starting point, before sliding across the rest of the blade.

Hence the reason why I keep sharpening only in one direction, is because I don't want the grindstone to keep accidentally hitting the "heel" of the blade, pushing it further and further back, making it look terrible for my customers.

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General Tormek Questions / Re: 10 inch honing wheel for T...

Last post by Rossy66 - Today at 03:10:46 AM

Have a look at https://schleifjunkies.de/produkt/lederrad-250x35mm-raue-oberflaeche/

Hope this helps!

Thanks, I appreciate the link

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General Tormek Questions / Re: 10 inch honing wheel for T...

Last post by Rossy66 - Today at 03:10:09 AM

I did a search on the forum but didn't find any answers so I decided to ask here, I have honestly tried to hone free hand and not with any success, it gets frustrating to sharpen a knife with a great edge and then mess it up on the honing side. I have watched lots of videos bit I still seem to take the sharpness out of the knife but when I hone with the USB and KS-123, my results are perfect and I couldn't be happier. Obviously, I have to keep taking my wheel off to hone most of the knives so I was wondering if anyone has bought and tried a 10 inch honing wheel and the results. I have watched some videos from different YouTubers and I am impressed watching them move from sharpening to honing without removing any wheels.

Thanks

You have asked this quite a few times already. The main problem is that a larger honing wheel gets in the way of the grinding wheel for longer knives. It is not a problem for shorter knives but as soon as you want to grind a 6 inch or longer blade the honing wheel gets in the way. This is exactly why the honing wheel is a smaller diameter. There isn't really any way around this.
As Ken says, you can change the set up a little for honing. This is one possibility but I think you will still have a problem as this time the grinding wheel will get in the way of honing for longer knives!

This old discontinued model gets round this problem by having the wheels further apart. It was a special model designed specifically for knives
https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/tormek-pr-250-mit-stein-sg-250-220-1220356278/

If you still want to use the USB support bar for honing then a better solution is to hone on another machine...

... Like I said to you previously. Here is the link again

https://forum.tormek.com/index.php?msg=40820

Danny

Sorry, I was hoping for a suggestion for a workaround. I will pay more attention to my posts going forward.

#6

Gardening Tools / Re: Approach to sharpening law...

Last post by MikeK - Yesterday at 11:50:50 PM

Lawnmower blades are very forgiving and any sharpening will be infinitely better than how they come from the factory. I have typically used an angle grinder in the past. However a flat single cut file will produce as fine an edge as you will ever need. I would not even bother with the tormek to be honest.

I use an angle grinder with the flappy sanding pad for my mower blades.  A drift punch clamped horizontally in the vice provides a nice balancing reference for the blades.  If I don't feel like breaking out the angle grinder, I use a file.

I think using the Tormek on lawn mower blades is overkill.

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General Tormek Questions / Re: 10 inch honing wheel for T...

Last post by Drilon - Yesterday at 09:52:27 PM

Have a look at https://schleifjunkies.de/produkt/lederrad-250x35mm-raue-oberflaeche/

Hope this helps!

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General Tormek Questions / Re: 10 inch honing wheel for T...

Last post by Dan - Yesterday at 06:30:28 PM

I did a search on the forum but didn't find any answers so I decided to ask here, I have honestly tried to hone free hand and not with any success, it gets frustrating to sharpen a knife with a great edge and then mess it up on the honing side. I have watched lots of videos bit I still seem to take the sharpness out of the knife but when I hone with the USB and KS-123, my results are perfect and I couldn't be happier. Obviously, I have to keep taking my wheel off to hone most of the knives so I was wondering if anyone has bought and tried a 10 inch honing wheel and the results. I have watched some videos from different YouTubers and I am impressed watching them move from sharpening to honing without removing any wheels.

Thanks

You have asked this quite a few times already. The main problem is that a larger honing wheel gets in the way of the grinding wheel for longer knives. It is not a problem for shorter knives but as soon as you want to grind a 6 inch or longer blade the honing wheel gets in the way. This is exactly why the honing wheel is a smaller diameter. There isn't really any way around this.
As Ken says, you can change the set up a little for honing. This is one possibility but I think you will still have a problem as this time the grinding wheel will get in the way of honing for longer knives!

This old discontinued model gets round this problem by having the wheels further apart. It was a special model designed specifically for knives
https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/tormek-pr-250-mit-stein-sg-250-220-1220356278/

If you still want to use the USB support bar for honing then a better solution is to hone on another machine...

... Like I said to you previously. Here is the link again

https://forum.tormek.com/index.php?msg=40820

Danny

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General Tormek Questions / Re: 10 inch honing wheel for T...

Last post by Rossy66 - Yesterday at 06:23:13 PM

Thanks Ken, that is pretty much my set up but on most knives 8" or longer, I hit the DF 250 as I move to the tip. I will include some photos when I get off work.

Thanks

#10

Gardening Tools / Re: Approach to sharpening law...

Last post by GeoBoy - Yesterday at 04:19:06 PM

Go to allamericansharpener.com if you want to sharpen your mower blades. This product is fantastic.