Square edges on Chisels

Re: Square edges on Chisels

Jonathan Peck

>Be careful when tightening down the the blade in the jig that you turn the knurled thumbscrews on either side to even pressure. You can check with an inside caliper (not my first choice) or by starting to grind your bevel. Check the bevel for square with a small square (no pun intended) and tighten down the thumbscrew corresponding with the longer side of your blade. Repeat as many times as is necessary. Hope this helps

Re: Square edges on Chisels

L. Hanson in N. Idaho

>Are the sides of your chisels square to the end? Some chisels have a slight taper to them (from the cutting edge to the handle) that can throw them off perpendicular when set against a jig like one used in the Tormek.

Re: Square edges on Chisels

Christopher Schwarz

>After you've tried all those good ideas....

...check your jig. Our jig wasn't square. We had to file the back edge so tools would sit square in it.

Chris

Re: Square edges on Chisels

Fred Krow

>Try marking the chisel surface with a black marker (Sharpie works great). Rotate the Tormek wheel by hand and lightly move the chisel across the wheel,,,,the black area will show very quickly if the chisel/wheel are out of square.

This should be done at each tools set up,,,it save a lot of trial and error frustration with the jigs and tool allignment (or is it mis-allignment?).

Regards,

Fred Krow

Re: Square edges on Chisels

Paul Benton

>Gerry,

have you checked that the tool rest is parallel to the stone. If you have a newer Tormek, if has the ability to micro adjust the tool holder apparently, tho' I haven't seen one in the flesh. If not, just "manually adjust" to square by pulling/pushing the rest so it is parallel, then lock down the nuts

Re: Square edges on Chisels

Paul Kierstead

>On using the black marker...I am trying to get my head around this. If I follow it correctly, it will only work if the chisel is already square? It would not work for initial prep?

Re: Square edges on Chisels

Todd Stock

>...also, check that the stone is properly dressed. If you've used a homemade diamond jig to dress, things can get out of square (DAMHIKT).

FYI - the Tormek dressing tool is much more effective than the homemade version (DAMHIKT again)

Re: Square edges on Chisels

Gerry Mayberry

>Thanks to all who responded. I will check out your good suggestions. I did use the Tormek diamond dresser to surface the stone after grinding some lathe chisels.