The Key to Replication

No matter which grinding machine you use the most difficult part
in sharpening woodturning tools is to replicate the shape and the
edge angle. Tormek have solved this problem by developing a key
to instant and exact sharpening – the Turning Tool Setter.

This setting device takes the guesswork out of sharpening. There

is no longer any need for trial and error to get the best edge shape
for each turning operation. You just set the jig and get the shape
you have selected. Thanks to the patented design it works irrespec-
tively of the stone diameter. You can go from a 6" wheel to a 10"
grindstone and achieve the same shape. Of course it works on all
Tormek models and together with the BGM-100 Mounting Set it can

SHARPENING also be used on a standard bench grinder.

WOODTURNING
TOOLS
Tormek Jigs now also for Bench Grinders

How Does It Work?

Three factors determine the shape of a gouge or a skew. By
repeating them at each shaping or sharpening you will get an
exact replication of the shape and edge angle every time.

JS

JIG SETTING = JS PROTRUSION = P HOLE A OR B

SVD-185 Gouge Jig SVS-50 Multi Jig

1. Mount
the tool
with a fixed
protrusion.

2. Set the
distance of
the Universal
Support to
the wheel.

3. Touch up
the edge to
the same
shape.
 With the Bench Grinder Mounting
Set BGM-100 you get all the
hardware you need to use the
patented Tormek woodturning
jigs on a bench grinder.

Using a Tormek Machine Using a Bench Grinder

Tormek make a clear distinction between shaping and sharp- If you use a bench grinder, you fix the Tormek BGM-100 Bench
ening. Once the tool is shaped, you just touch up the edge to Grinder Mounting Set onto a wooden platform and you can
a razor sharpness. You never remove more steel than neces- benefi t from the unique Tormek Sharpening System for wood-
sary. You will achieve the fi nest edge, which gives the wood turning tools. Mount the set on either side of the grinder, or
a smoother finish with less need for sanding. A finer edge buy two sets and mount on both sides and you get a versatile
also stays sharp longer than a rough edge. sharpening system. Detailed drawings for making the wooden
platform come with the mounting set.
If you prefer, the initial shaping can be done on a bench grinder
with the BGM-100 Mounting Set. Since the patented Turning Not all wheels on a bench grinder are suitable for the precision
Tool Setter TTS-100 works on all stone diameters, the shape sharpening of edge tools. The standard wheels are usually too
and edge angle is exactly replicated even when you go from hard and become easily glazed, which reduces steel removal
a smaller bench grinder wheel to the large Tormek grindstone. and can cause overheating of the tool. Exchange the wheel
This means you can benefi t from the fast steel removal on the to an aluminium oxide wheel with an open binding. The wheel
bench grinder and also get the finest surface on the water should not be too hard to avoid glazing and not too soft to
cooled grindstone and the leather honing wheel. avoid grooves.

WHE E L CONDITION WH EEL C O N D I T I O N

At the low speed (90 RPM) there are no vibrations. You keep True the wheel regularly to make the wheel run smoothly and
the grindstone running true with the Tormek Truing Tool TT-50. minimize vibration. Use the truing tool recommended for your
If the stone becomes glazed, you refresh it with the Stone Grader grinder. Also ensure that the surface does not become glazed
SP-650. The grit is 220 and the stone can be treated with the by refreshing it with a dressing tool.
Tormek Stone Grader to work like a finer 1000 grit stone.

SA FETY SA F ETY
At the slow speed there is much less risk of accidents. Since A bench grinder must be handled with knowledge and care.
no sparks are produced, you can also safely use your machine Follow the safety instructions which come with your machine.
in a fire sensitive workshop. No grinding dust pollutes the air Always use eye protection. Ensure that you do not work near
because all the grinding particles of steel and stone grains are dry shavings or wood dust, since a spark can light a fire.
collected in the water trough.

HO NIN G HONING
Powerhone and polish the bevel to a mirror finish on the leather hon- A smoother edge makes the tool cut more easily and the sharp-
ing wheel with the tool kept in the jig. The jig ensures that you hone ness stays longer. Hone away the burr and smooth the bevel with
at the right angle and do not round off the tip. The flute on gouges a honing stone and the flute of the gouge with a slip stone.
can be honed on the Profiled Leather Honing Wheel LA-120.

INFL UE NCE OF HEAT ON HS S S T E E L I N F L U EN C E O F H EAT O N H SS ST EEL

Due to the continuous water cooling there is no risk for HSS steel can withstand a much higher heat than carbon steel.
overheating the edge. However, at the very end of the tip, which is very thin, the tem-
perature can reach a level high enough to affect the hardness.
Therefore grind cautiously at the tip of the edge. If you cool in
water, do not cool abruptly, since this can cause micro cracks
invisible to the naked eye.
 Which Shape Should I Use?
With the Bench Grinder Mounting
Set BGM-100 you get all the ACCESSORIES
hardware you need to use the
On this Selection Chart you can see which shape is suitable for
patented Tormek woodturning
your current type of turning. The geometries havegrinder.
jigs on a bench been worked
out in co-operation with some of the world’s most experienced
woodturners and woodturning workshops, such as Craft Supplies,
USA and Drechselstube Neckarsteinach in Germany. Supplied as
a laminated sheet together with the Turning Tool Setter TTS-100.

Work on Tormek Machines

Bowl Gouges and Bench Grinders
Standard profile.
1 α=45° Only lightly swept back wings. Whether you use your bench grinder or a Tormek machine you will
JS 2 For turners of all skill levels. benefit from the precise Tormek jigs. The four accessories below
P 65
Hole A Irish profile. Swept back wings. can be used both on a Tormek machine and on a bench grinder.
2 α=45° Swing the tool 180° from side
to side. Turning Tool Setter
JS 2 With long swept back wings. Replicates the geometry on turning
3 α=40° P 75 Somewhat aggressive. gouges and skews when using the
Hole A For professional level turners.
SVD-185 and SVS-50 jigs. With built
JS 4
The larger edge angle is beneficial in edge geometries.
4 α=55° P 65
when turning deep bowls.
Hole A

JS 6 Gouge Jig
“Ellsworth” shape.
5 α=60° P 75 For fingernail shaped turning gouges of any
Using a Bench Grinder Hole A
Wings are pronounced convex.
Using a Tormek Machine geometry. Includes extra shaft for turning
If you use a bench grinder, you fix the Tormek BGM-100 Bench cutters. Also
Tormek make a clear distinction for bentshaping
between carving gouges and
and sharp-
Grinder Mounting Set onto a wooden platform and you can ening. Once the tool isV-tools.
shaped, Max
youtool width
just 25 up
touch mmthe(1").
edge to
Spindle
benefi Gouges
t from the unique Tormek Sharpening System for wood- a razor sharpness. You never remove more steel than neces-
turning tools. Mount the set on JS
either
2 side
Forof the
tight grinder,
spots, or and
detail work sary. You will achieve the finest
Multi Jig edge, which gives the wood
buy α=30°
1 two sets and mount on both P sides
55 and
finest
youfinish.
get a versatile a smoother finish withFor lessturning
need skew chisels, parting
for sanding. A finerand
edge
Hole B For professional level turners.
sharpening system. Detailed drawings for making the wooden also stays sharp longerbeading
than a tools
roughand roughing gouges.
edge.
JS 2 Straight carving gouges up to 50 mm
platform come with the mounting set. Standard profile.
2 α=45° P 65
For turners of all skill levels.
Hole A
(2") width.can be done on a bench grinder
If you prefer, the initial shaping
Not all wheels on a bench grinder are suitable for the precision with the BGM-100 Mounting Set. Since the patented Turning
sharpening of edge tools. The standard wheels are usually too Tool Setter TTS-100 works Tool onRestall stone diameters, the shape
hard and become easily glazed, which reduces steel removal
Skews and edge angle is exactly replicated
For turning even when
scrapers, straightyou go from
hollowing
and can cause overheating of the tool. Exchange the wheel a smaller bench grinder wheel
tools andto theparting
thin large tools.
TormekAlsogrindstone.
for
Straight edges
to an aluminium oxide wheel with JSan 20°
openForbinding. The
tight spots, wheel
detail work and This means you can benefi t from
cabinet the fast
scrapers, steel removal
screwdrivers and on the
1
should
α=30° avoidP
not be tooFlathard to Oval 65
glazing
Hole B
finest finish.
and not too soft to
For professional level turners.
bench grinder and alsospoke get theshave blades.
finest surface on the water
avoid grooves. cooled grindstone and the leather honing wheel.
Straight edges
JS 20° For broad application.
2
α=45° Flat Oval
P 55 Easier to control than For Tormek Machines Only
Hole B a 30° edge angle.
W H EE L CONDITION WH EEL C O N D I TI O N
Radius edges
Truing Tool
True the wheel regularly to makeJSthe30° wheel
For run smoothly
tight spots, andand
detail work At the low speed (90 RPM)
Truesthere are no vibrations.
the grindstone You keep
exactly round and
3
minimize vibration. P tool
Use theOvaltruing 75 recommended
finest finish. for your the grindstone running fltrue with the
at. Guided byTormek TruingSupport,
the Universal Tool TT-50.
α=30° Flat Hole B For professional level turners.
grinder. Also ensure that the surface does not become glazed whichyou
If the stone becomes glazed, alsorefresh
guidesitthe jigs.
with theDual knobs
Stone Grader
by refreshing it with a dressing tool.
Radius edges
JS 30° For broad application.
SP-650. The grit is 220 for
andsmooth feedcan
the stone across the stone.
be treated with the
4 P 65 Easier to control than Tormek Stone Grader to work like a finer 1000 grit stone.
α=45° Flat Oval Hole B a 30° edge angle.
Stone Grader
S A FE TY SA FET Y The fine side grades the stone for a 1000
A bench grinder must be handled with knowledge and care. At the slow speed theregrit is fimuch
nish. The
lesscoarse
risk ofside of the grader
accidents. Since
Follow the safety instructions which come with your machine. no sparks are produced, reverses
you can thealso
stone to normal
safely fast grinding.
use your machine
Always use eye protection. Ensure that you do not work near Activates
in a fire sensitive workshop. No agrinding
glazed stone.
dust pollutes the air
dry shavings or wood dust, since a spark can light a fire. because all the grinding particles of steel and stone grains are
Profiled Honing Wheels
collected in the water trough.
For the inside honing and polishing of
H O N I NG HONING turning/carving gouges and V-tools.
Set of two discs, one with a 3 mm (⅛")
A smoother edge makes the tool cut more easily and the sharp- Powerhone and polish the bevel to a mirror finish on the leather hon-
radius and one with a 60º tip.
ness stays longer. Hone away the burr and smooth the bevel with ing wheel with the tool kept in the jig. The jig ensures that you hone
a honing stone and the flute of the gouge with a slip stone. at the right angle and do For
notnarrow
round tools complement with LA-124
off the tip. The flute on gouges
with 2 mm (�⁄��") radius and a 45º tip.
can be honed on the Profiled Leather Honing Wheel LA-120.

I N FL U ENCE OF HEAT O N HS S S T E E L Woodturner’s

I N FL U EN C E O F H EAT O N H SS ST Instruction
EEL Box
Contains TNT DVD film and detailed
HSS steel can withstand a much higher heat than carbon steel. Due to the continuous water coolingShows
Handbook. there is no to
how risk for
shape,
However, at the very end of the tip, which is very thin, the tem- overheating the edge. sharpen and hone all your turning tools.
perature can reach a level high enough to affect the hardness.
Therefore grind cautiously
The Turning Tool Setterat TTS-100
the tip of isthe edge. Ifwith
delivered you recipe
cool inlabels
Blackstone Silicon SB-250
water, do not
so that you cool abruptly,
can easily mark since
yourthis can cause
skews, micro
bowl- and cracks
spindle gouges
Tormek Blackstone delivers fast steel
invisible to settings
with the the naked eye.
used. removal on HSS, exotic alloys and tools
with large bevel area. It can also touch
up carbide. 220 grit.
I have yet to find anything that cannot be sharpened on the
TNT-708 Woodturner’s Kit for Tormek machines
Tormek. The honed edge is incredibly fine, and coupled to this SVD-185, SVS-50, SVD-110, TTS-100, TNT-300
dramatic improvement in edge quality is the not insignificant
fact that the tools will last far longer, as the sharpening process
is so much less aggressive. I am now a total convert to the wet Recommended for Bench Grinders
SVD-185, SVS-50, SVD-110, TTS-100, BGM-100
grinding system. It really is Touch and Turn, but you touch far
less often and turn far more!
Grinding Jigs
Alan Holtham
SVM-45 Knife Jig
The Woodworker, UK
SVM-140 Long Knife Jig
SVX-150 Scissors Jig
The Tormek TNT-708 Woodturner’s Kit is a superbly made, SVA-170 Axe Jig
comprehensive kit and does speed up the sharpening process. SVS-32 Short Tool Jig
It is, along with the rest of the Tormek product range, incredibly SVD-185 Gouge Jig × ×
well made. I have got the process for sharpening a fingernail SVS-50 Multi Jig × ×
profile gouge down to under a minute so one can no longer say
SVD-110 Tool Rest × ×
it is a slow process.
SE-76 Square Edge Jig
Look at the TTS-100 gouge and compare the cutting edge
SVH-320 Planer Blade Attachment
to that of a dry bench-ground one. It will produce a better
SVP-80 Moulding Knife Attachment
finish off the tool and I do think the edge lasts longer as a result.
It is well worth the money and as most of us work in other wood
disciplines other than turning, the Tormek system becomes Accessories
more and more attractive! TT-50 Truing Tool

Top photo on cover page by Richard Raffan with courtesy of the Taunton Press
WM-200 AngleMaster
Mark Baker
Woodturning Magazine, UK SP-650 Stone Grader
LA-120 Profiled Honing Wheel ×
LA-124 Narrow discs for LA-120
I use the Tormek system for all my tools. I usually sharpen them PA-70 Honing Compound
in the morning and hone them a couple of times during the day TTS-100 Turning Tool Setter × ×
on the leather honing wheel. My jigs are set permanently and MH-380 Machine Cover ×
the sharpening only takes about a minute. As a production HB-10 Handbook
turner I value the short period of time I need to spend on
DVD-1 Tormek DVD
sharpening, which gives me more time for turning. The edges
TNT-300 Woodturner’s Instruction Box ×
also last much longer than when I was using a bench grinder
BGM-100 Bench Grinder Mounting Set ×
and slip stones.

Kurt Johansson Tormek Special Stones

Professional Woodturner, Sweden
SB-250 Blackstone Silicon ( 250 mm 10" )
SJ-250 Japanese Waterstone ( 250 mm 10" )

Price often indicates quality, and we certainly found that to SJ-200 Japanese Waterstone ( 200 mm 8" )
be true in wet sharpeners. Tormek’s heavy-duty T-7 proved
impossible to stall, no matter how hard we pressed on the tool TNT-708 Woodturner’s Kit
during sharpening; none of the lower-priced units even came With this kit you get all you need
close. Its tool-holding system (tool rest and holders) fit together for sharpening woodturning tools
like hand in glove and gave us dead-on bevels and square ends on your Tormek. It includes all the
with little fuss. And the stone wore much slower than less expen- Tormek patented woodturning
sive models we tried. If you sharpen hand tools or knives at least jigs, the turning tool setter and
once a week, the versatile T-7 is the sharpener for your shop. additional accessories like the
profiled leather honing wheel,
Dave Campbell with John Olson a detailed instruction box and
WOOD Magazine, USA Best a machine cover to protect your
Buy machine from dust in the workshop.

Sharpening Systems Compared

in Wood Magazine October 2008 Tormek offers a complete sharpening system for all your
edge tools, for further information visit us at www.tormek.com
9072-0906

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