Tormek the terminator

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In a message dated 9/13/2003 2:48:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:

> Subj: Re: Tormek the terminator 
>  Date: 9/13/2003 2:48:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>  From: <A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A>
>  Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
>  To: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
>  Sent from the Internet 
> 
>                Terry

                           My experience is limited so far but the other day 
I found it necessary to remove a piece of a treble cap (a do over) that I had 
glued on with the Bolduc glue. The board and bridge were already glued in the 
piano so I really wanted to preserve the flatness of the glue surface  
integrity so I wouldn't need to try and resurface it in the piano. 
        I cut  about 6 vertical cuts thru the cap with a small backsaw. Then 
I chiseled down close to the glue surface. The thing is I used a Freud chisel 
that had just been sharpened on the Tormek without really any polishing or 
finer Jap. water stone sharpenoing and the thing allowed me to shave the thin 
layer of remaining maple and glue right down to the glue joint sooo cleanly I 
retained a very flat surface. Imagine what it will do with finer polishing. 
     I also renotched the bridge with the same chisel later with no further 
sharpening. So as to the fine grit department it does pretty well with just a 
fine stone sharpening on the Tormek. I did  dress the wheel using the  the fine 
side of the dressing stone before I was completely done which also helps as 
well as lighter pressure. I am duly impressed so far!
                  Dale

> 
>                                    Touching up the blades on stones between 
> grindings .................... Tormek at first, and then sharpen on fine 
> stones ............
>   
> What is the experience of others? Rough grinding on my stones is fast and 
> easy. My trouble has been with the skill required to touch up an edge by hand 
> on the finer stones. All I end up doing is rounding over the edge - nice in 
> that you don't have to worry about bleeding when you just look at the blade, 
> but not terribly effective for woodwork. I also manually grind a hollow edge on 
> a grinding wheel. Do other Tormek users find that the machine lacks in the 
> fine-grit department? The marketing stuff for Tormek suggests that with 
> lighter pressure (or whatever it said) the wheel somehow produces finer grit that 
> handles the fine sharpening just fine (sounds fine and dandy to me). What say 
> ye?
>   
> Terry Farrell
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