Tormec T7 sharpener

donkey12

donkey12

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Anyone familiar with this brand or use this brand. Stopped by my parents house and my dad had the T7. His uses are many but mainly for wood working tools. I used it today on a buck 119. It has a learning curve I guess but overall I was pretty happy. I like it being water cooled for the blade. I guess I'm asking if anyone is happy with this unit. His set up with various attachments is well over 1k, in my world that's alot!
 
donkey12 said:
Anyone familiar with this brand or use this brand. Stopped by my parents house and my dad had the T7. His uses are many but mainly for wood working tools. I used it today on a buck 119. It has a learning curve I guess but overall I was pretty happy. I like it being water cooled for the blade. I guess I'm asking if anyone is happy with this unit. His set up with various attachments is well over 1k, in my world that's alot!
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If you search the Maintenance forum thread titles for Tormec, you should find several threads on it. Some might be kind of old.
 
Check Amazon search the brand Wen. That's what I have and it's been great. Same basic principle at a fraction of the cost and a 10" wheel 👍
 
I use a Tormek T8 professionally for everything from repairs to changing edge angles, etc. After using it for well over a year now I can say that there is a definite learning curve if you expect to get exceptional or even just good results.
 
Yes I'd agree. I spent 30 minutes sharpening my buck 119. It made a nice consistent angle or reprofile. But as far as sharp...it could be better. I'm sure that's me though using a new machine.
 
donkey12 said:
Yes I'd agree. I spent 30 minutes sharpening my buck 119. It made a nice consistent angle or reprofile. But as far as sharp...it could be better. I'm sure that's me though using a new machine.
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It probably just needed to be deburred if you've reached a consistent burr along the edge, the tendency is for heavy burr formation in general unless you take steps to minimize and/or remove the majority of the burr. I deburr right on the SG-250 stone by having an assistant turn the drive wheel very slowly by hand while I take a couple alternating passes on each side at roughly 2-3x the edge bevel angle. Then I use the same slow speed grinding to make an apex bevel at 15-20 DPS depending on the steel and edge angle as it needs to be higher than the edge angle to work the apex directly. This gives a very slicey edge that can often push cut newsprint right off that 220 grit wheel, put another way... it gives a very high combination of performance from push cutting to slicing and ideal edge retention in both cases.
 
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