I was looking at a bench chisel tonight and noticed that the bevel was not
90 degrees to the land. So I got out my Tormek and started straightening. It
was still not 90. So I trued the wheel and tried again. Still not 90. The
standard chisel jig has a "fence" to butt the land against but I noticed I
had to skew the chisel away from the front part of the fence about 1/32 to
obtain a 90 degree angle. Am I doing something wrong here or is something
out of whack on my Tormek? Any Tormek users have this kind of trouble? Your
advise would be greatly appreciated
Don
here's a pdf made by Jeff Farris of sharp tools USA - a Tormek dealer. I'm
still in the "planning to buy a Tormek, but haven't pried the wallet open
far enough yet" stage, but this tip seems to be just what you need.
http://www.sharptoolsusa.com/squareedgeweb.pdf
Just an aside, for most bench chisels it rarely matters if the edge is
perfectly square to the sides - sure we all want perfection, but in practice
it won't matter (for things like paring or cleaning up dovetails, etc.). A
mortise chisel, I would agree, should be as close to square as possible.
Mike
"srwood" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I was looking at a bench chisel tonight and noticed that the bevel was not
>90 degrees to the land. So I got out my Tormek and started straightening.
>It was still not 90. So I trued the wheel and tried again. Still not 90.
>The standard chisel jig has a "fence" to butt the land against but I
>noticed I had to skew the chisel away from the front part of the fence
>about 1/32 to obtain a 90 degree angle. Am I doing something wrong here or
>is something out of whack on my Tormek? Any Tormek users have this kind of
>trouble? Your advise would be greatly appreciated
>
> Don
>
Tormek makes an attachment to fine tune the piece that all the "jigs" attach
to. This has a threaded "leg" on it that you use a nut to fine tune your jig.
I bout one and I think it really helps. You can get by with fine tuning your
current piece, but this makes it easier. Look at some catalog that sells all
the tormek attachments. I am sure you could manufacture something yourself if
you wanted to.
Great advice Mike. Thanks for the response
Don
"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> here's a pdf made by Jeff Farris of sharp tools USA - a Tormek dealer.
> I'm still in the "planning to buy a Tormek, but haven't pried the wallet
> open far enough yet" stage, but this tip seems to be just what you need.
>
> http://www.sharptoolsusa.com/squareedgeweb.pdf
>
> Just an aside, for most bench chisels it rarely matters if the edge is
> perfectly square to the sides - sure we all want perfection, but in
> practice it won't matter (for things like paring or cleaning up dovetails,
> etc.). A mortise chisel, I would agree, should be as close to square as
> possible.
>
> Mike
>
>
> "srwood" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I was looking at a bench chisel tonight and noticed that the bevel was not
>>90 degrees to the land. So I got out my Tormek and started straightening.
>>It was still not 90. So I trued the wheel and tried again. Still not 90.
>>The standard chisel jig has a "fence" to butt the land against but I
>>noticed I had to skew the chisel away from the front part of the fence
>>about 1/32 to obtain a 90 degree angle. Am I doing something wrong here
>>or is something out of whack on my Tormek? Any Tormek users have this
>>kind of trouble? Your advise would be greatly appreciated
>>
>> Don
>>
>
>