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#1

General Tormek Questions / Re: Shutting down

Last post by John Hancock Sr - Today at 08:13:41 AM

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

Good idea.

#2

Knife Sharpening / Re: Wheel direction

Last post by John Hancock Sr - Today at 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.

#3

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

Last post by advjacky - Today at 08:02:23 AM

  hello

This post helped me a lot

thanks

#4

General Tormek Questions / Re: Shutting down

Last post by Rjje - Yesterday at 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

#5

Knife Sharpening / Re: Wheel direction

Last post by tgbto - Yesterday at 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.

#6

General Tormek Questions / Re: Shutting down

Last post by John Hancock Sr - Yesterday at 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.

#7

Scissors Sharpening / Re: Deburring?

Last post by tgbto - Yesterday at 08:13:47 AM

One thing I'd add is to make sure the stone is properly trued and the support bar is firmly locked before making any adjustments. Small setup differences can have a bigger impact on the final result than most people expect.

I'm sorry, what ?

#8

General Tormek Questions / Re: Shutting down

Last post by Dan - July 28, 2026, 09:34:55 PM

This is definitely not normal. My T8 is very happy to run and run 
A bit of patience at this holiday time is a good idea, it is not a massive company so there are probably a few people absent at the moment which will slow down their response but I am sure Tormek will try to get this sorted for you as soon as they are able to.

Danny

#9

General Tormek Questions / Re: Shutting down

Last post by Rjje - July 28, 2026, 05:08:25 PM

I haven't received a response from Tormek Support yet. I'll wait a couple more days before following up, as it may be due to the holiday season.

But I'll keep you updated if anything happens.

#10

Knife Sharpening / Re: Paper Wheels

Last post by kwakster - July 28, 2026, 03:42:34 PM

Currently busy with the same mod of another Gerber Applegate-Fairbairn folder like i showed earlier a few pages back.
This is how the knife looked when i received it from the owner, still with a single edge & an edge angle between 40 and 45 degrees inclusive.





And this is how the knife looks after grinding the new edge on the back of the blade & trying to match it with the reprofiled edge on the other side.
The scratch pattern complete with burr remains still present on the apex comes from a Rubber Wheel coated with ~ 170 grit diamond powder & wax.






The idea was to make the 2 edges / 4 bevels as visually similar in width & curvature as i could, with a specific edge angle of ~ 35 degrees inclusive, without damaging the names on the blade, and to create a new point that would be centered as much as possible.
Trying to achieve all these things at the same time freehand, together with many visual checks with a Victorinox loupe in between passes isn't easy, so i took my time.

Below you can see the end result after refining the initial edges with a Paper Wheel coated with 15 micron diamond compound & deburring with a second Paper Wheel coated with 0.25 diamond compound.
Both edges are treetopping sharp.










This is how Applegate intended the knife to be, a true folding dagger.
It can still be carried in your pocket, but the top edge is only about 2-3 millimeters inside the handle, so when deliberately trying i can just feel the apex with my index finger.

Now the thumb lugs stop on the grooved linerlock tab, so it would be easy to use a file or a Dremel on it's surface to lower the blade a tiny bit deeper inside the handle for added safety, as there is some room for it.