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   frenchy | May 17, 2009 02:38pm | #1

   I have the Tormex  version and all the attachments.  When Grizzly came out with their clone I groaned a deep groan and wished I could have waited..   I'll bet I would have saved over $500.00,,..... Sigh!

     Grizzly has their own jigs so don't worry..

     Just for information, the really sharp edges need a little bit of stone work to get them to their full potential. If you still have the copy of Fine Wood Working  where  they compared sharpening techniques they showed the edge made by the TORMEX taken with an electron microscope and it had a ever so slight curl that the buffer doesn't copletely eliminate..

    I use stone but I wrap the stone with wet or dry sand paper that's oiled and take the slight curl off.. (it's a whole lot easier than it sounds)   the differance is really night or day! A few seconds of effort and the edge stays sharp 10 times longer and wood just curls off instead of coming off in clouds of dust.  Grizzly sells slip stones in grit up to 4000.    Hold your angles with the Tormex/Grizzly and then do the final finish work with the slip stones

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   FrankDrackman | May 21, 2009 05:46am | #2

   If anyone wants to search for the article Frenchy is referencing.  The machine is spelled Tormek.

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   AdamCherubini | May 22, 2009 01:06am | #3

   Not sure that's the right tool for the job. You may do better with a normal dry grinder. Those wet wheel grinders are slow. They are really seem to be designed to take the place of whetstones. Not sure that's a great idea. When you turn, you can dull your tools fast. And you can also cut with dull tools. Consequently, honing, at least for me, almost always requires some degree of edge rehab. Also, high speed steel, the steel most often chosen for turning tools, seems to require a good coarse wheel. If it wasn't for all teh dust, I think I'd recommend a good Norton 3x wheel. I think mine is 46 grit and it's too coarse. I would get a 60-100 grit.

   I need to find someone with a metal lathe to make new cup washers for my grinder. I have the woodcraft grinder. It's good and cheap but teh cup washers are a serious liability and the tool rests are cheese.

   Adam

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   WillGeorge | May 23, 2009 04:22pm | #4

   No turner here but I thought mostly finishing the edge between cutting?