Tormek angle setting guide

Re: Tormek angle setting guide

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>Hi Bill

Yes, I have noted this before. I use the angle setter with my high speed grinder. This just makes for repeatability of the hollow grind angle so that I can go directly to freehand sharpening at the desired bevel angle.

Regards from Perth

Derek

well yes

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

>It is a quite handy jig but it assumes 2 things:

1 - you know the diameter of your wheel (in mm, which is conveniently marked on the Tormek housing for you to see and compare to the wheel readily), and

2 - you have a reliable flat surface near the wheel that you can adjust to your desired angle.

It works quite well but you'll need to work within those parameters.

Would it work with the wheel guard still in place?

Ian Smith (Sydney Australia)

>Hi Derek,

Do you think the Tormek angle setting jig would work on a high speed grinder that still has the wheel guards in place? I note that your wheel guards have been removed and I am wondering if there would be enough room to use the jig if the wheel guards were still in place. I have an 8-inch high speed grinder and wouldn't consider using the Tormek guide if it meant I would have to remove the guards.

Regards,

Ian.

Re: Would it work with the wheel guard still in pl

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>Ian

It does not work with the guard in place - which is why the have been removed. I am not happy about this, so am looking for an alternative. One might be to lower the rest, if I can. 8" diameter may work better.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Eh? on your point #2

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>"You have a reliable flat surface near the wheel that you can adjust to your desired angle." Do you mean by this the back of the chisel on the wheel -or is there an adjustment that needs testing before using it on the wheel and chisel?

Thanks Derek

Ian Smith (Sydney Australia)

>I will have a look at the jig next time I am in Carba-Tec and take some measurements. I'll try to work out if I have enough room to use it with the guards still in place.

Regards,

Ian.

sorry

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

>I was not more clear. The jig touches two points of course: the wheel (which it touches with a round dial) and the pivot point or plane that the chisel lays on (which it touches with a flat). I've been using the flattish table attachment recently and have it angles towards the wheel so the table flat and jig flat are co-planar.

So you need to know the wheel diameter and have a reliable pivot point or flat to rest the chisel on. I hope this makes sense. I think your idea can work, simply provided you duplicate what the rest of the Tormek does for you.

in other words...

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

>Let me try one last time: your tool rest must be adjustable. That's all, since the wheel is fixed.

Thanks

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>The Delta has a flat rest with a cute wee miter gauge like a tablesaw miter gauge, running in a slot, adjustable for angle over a wide range. I hadn't thought about adjusting to the rest, but of course you're right that, with parallel cutting irons, like a plane's, the effect would be the same or close to it as adjusting to the back of the iron.

Some of my chisels, on the other hand, taper in thickness pretty significantly, so I'd adjust directly to the chisel for those.

Re: Would it work with the wheel guard still in pl

Peter Evans

>Fellas,

Have a look at Mike Darlow's book Woodturning Techniques, should be available in the library. This volume in the series has a chapter on setting grinder bevel angles, and the nifty templates that account for wheel size as well as blade thickness. You may need to make a couple, I have only made one (out of thick perspex) and that meets most of my needs. I will get around to others in time. You do not need to remove wheel guard.

Cheers, Peter in Sydney

Thanks Peter. I will check it out.

Ian Smith (Sydney Australia)

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