chisels

[William R. Monroe]

Hey Terry and all,

I'd hang on to the stones.  There are some tools that the Tormek doesn't do 
well.  I also use a Tormek, love it, but find it is unable to do some tools 
reliably.  Particularly, I have a couple of felt knives, as seen in 
Pianotek, one is a round scabbard that, when pulled apart, reveals a short, 
chisel-like blade within, the other is another short, offset blade that is 
fairly wide.  Because I sharpen them with a VERY shallow angle for cutting 
felt, they cannot be sharpened on the Tormek, so I use a granite surface 
plate and sandpaper, but If I had a nice set of Shaptons, I'd use those 
instead.

Food for thought,
William R. Monroe


> I use the Tormek system. Excellent and easy to use. I've had it for 
> several years and am not looking for anything else.
>
> I have a full set of top-of-the-line Shapton ceramic stones for sale. 
> http://www.shaptonstones.com/stones/profseries.php  They work great, but 
> unfortunately it they require some basic level of sharpening skills. So 
> out they go and in comes the Tormek!
>
> Terry Farrell