Tormek T7 and Sharpening John Jordan Gouges?

[Dave Willey]

I am rebuilding my sharpening center to include a Tormek T7 wet grinder. And re-purposing my 8" dry grinder/Wolverine sharpening system for just reshaping tools.

My question for the forum:

Has anyone worked out the settings on the Tormek for a 1/2" John Jordan gouge? I thought I came close, but the performance with use on the lathe was much different than what it was when I first purchased the gouge from John.

I've seen "hints" in various forums that the Jordan gouge grind is very similar to the Elsworth grind. (Irish Grind?) But having never seen/handled a Elsworth gouge I'm not sure if I could use those "modded" settings mentioned by others that are somewhat outside of the suggested gouge settings in the Tormek manual.

I posed this question on the AAW website tonight, and very quickly John actually responded.  He said he didn't know of any specific settings. With the popularity of his tools I would think I'm not the first Tormek user to wonder about this.

Has anyone had any experience in setting up a Tormek T7 for grinding a Jordan gouge? 


Thanks,

Dave

[Jeff Farris]

Dave,

The longer of the two settings on the TTS-100 (jig = 4, protrusion = 65, and the outside hole for the Universal Support) is very, very close to what John uses. John puts a bit more radius to the wing than I do, but that is a matter of how much you grind and where, not the settings. Try those settings, and work with the gouge for several hours. It is a very general purpose profile. It is strong enough to deal with seriously out of round pieces, the bevel is flat enough to work the bottom of relatively steep walled bowls, and the wing will do the most delicate shear scraping.