Good videos, would have liked to see more of the tormek though. About the grit, the tormek is supposedly 250/1000grit, but after your done you can polish it with the compound on the leather wheel. That must equal really fine grit right. So cant you get shaving-sharp with only the tormek?
The Tormek will do a decent job of grinding, but if you go directly from a 220 or even 1000 grit wheel to stropping (and that is what the Tormek leather wheel is - a power strop), you'll be polishing an unrefined edge...ends up smooth, but will not be durable. There's really no shortcut - you have to refine the edge with something close to a 4000 grit waterstone or 1500 grit wet/dry before final polishing to get a durable edge. I use the Tormek for grinding and for honing carving tools.
Heard of it...own several...use it on knives when away from real sharpening tools. Not a good choice for chisels, plane blades, and most edge tools used by woodworkers. For those without an eye for holding a constant angle on a knife blade, the Landsky-style jigged stone system is a decent set of training wheels. Faster, easier, and sharper to grind on stone or sander and hone on paper, waterstone, etc. with a side-clamping jig.
Hi relatively new. Have a wetstone grinder wheel and i want to know how to put it away after i use water with it like do i keep it in a bag or leave it out?
I agree - this was a recording of a demo, versus a purpose-made instructional tape. If we redo this, we'll use a wireless mike or boom. Personally, Part 1 is pretty boring anyway - parts 2 and 3 have the meat of the demo.
Thank you for this, I found it very helpful in understanding the mystery of how to sharpen tools properly.
Good videos, would have liked to see more of the tormek though. About the grit, the tormek is supposedly 250/1000grit, but after your done you can polish it with the compound on the leather wheel. That must equal really fine grit right. So cant you get shaving-sharp with only the tormek?
The Tormek will do a decent job of grinding, but if you go directly from a 220 or even 1000 grit wheel to stropping (and that is what the Tormek leather wheel is - a power strop), you'll be polishing an unrefined edge...ends up smooth, but will not be durable. There's really no shortcut - you have to refine the edge with something close to a 4000 grit waterstone or 1500 grit wet/dry before final polishing to get a durable edge. I use the Tormek for grinding and for honing carving tools.
Heard of it...own several...use it on knives when away from real sharpening tools. Not a good choice for chisels, plane blades, and most edge tools used by woodworkers. For those without an eye for holding a constant angle on a knife blade, the Landsky-style jigged stone system is a decent set of training wheels. Faster, easier, and sharper to grind on stone or sander and hone on paper, waterstone, etc. with a side-clamping jig.
Hi relatively new. Have a wetstone grinder wheel and i want to know how to put it away after i use water with it like do i keep it in a bag or leave it out?
I agree - this was a recording of a demo, versus a purpose-made instructional tape. If we redo this, we'll use a wireless mike or boom. Personally, Part 1 is pretty boring anyway - parts 2 and 3 have the meat of the demo.
what do you expect brentfoto? its purpose is instructional not home theater entertainment....those who want to learn something watch the video
Sound is poor. Lost interest because of it.