Intelligent Workshop said:Wot He Said!
I'm a Trend Dealer and you'll notice I list all of the Trend Sharpening products (which are great), except the FastTrak!! If you want a honing jig, get the Veritas one. I'm also a huge fan of the Sorby ProEdge, knocks spots off the Tormek IMHO [big grin]
Alan m said:thanks m8s. doesnt sound good.
Intelligent Workshop said:The Pro-Edge is expensive but it has many benefits over the Tormek. Mainly it's quicker and will do your primary bevel as well as micro bevels. They do extremely fine sandpaper (1200 I think) and even a Diamond impregnated belt. I also like the fact you get a flat bevel instead of a hollow in the middle. In my normal workflow, a quick touch up on the ProEdge 1200 belt and I'm back to work. I've never felt the need to hone it. Perhaps for very tricky grain situations. In that case I would get out the Veritas Honing Guide and the Trend Diamond plate.
I generally agree with Chris' comments about Trend, however, their Pro Diamond range is a very good product. The guy who demonstrates it at the shows is the guy who developed the system and worked for either DMT or Norton (DMT I think). There are a couple of different ways to get the diamonds to bond to the plate surface. The Trend version is bonded in such a way that the diamonds will not break away, but rather break down, which is what you want. Their demo videos explain it better than me.
Intelligent Workshop said:The Pro-Edge is expensive but it has many benefits over the Tormek. Mainly it's quicker and will do your primary bevel as well as micro bevels. They do extremely fine sandpaper (1200 I think) and even a Diamond impregnated belt. I also like the fact you get a flat bevel instead of a hollow in the middle. In my normal workflow, a quick touch up on the ProEdge 1200 belt and I'm back to work. I've never felt the need to hone it. Perhaps for very tricky grain situations. In that case I would get out the Veritas Honing Guide and the Trend Diamond plate.
I generally agree with Chris' comments about Trend, however, their Pro Diamond range is a very good product. The guy who demonstrates it at the shows is the guy who developed the system and worked for either DMT or Norton (DMT I think). There are a couple of different ways to get the diamonds to bond to the plate surface. The Trend version is bonded in such a way that the diamonds will not break away, but rather break down, which is what you want. Their demo videos explain it better than me.
neth27 said:Theres one on the counter of my local Howdens for people to try.. Its fell to bits [big grin]
John....
Alan m said:can anyone reconmend some thing for touching up an adge on site
Alan m said:can anyone reconmend some thing for touching up an adge on site
j123j said:Alan m said:can anyone reconmend some thing for touching up an adge on site
A leather strop with aluminum oxide paste rubbed on to it. That is if you're really 'touching up' finely.
On site one of these is handy http://www.woodpeck.com/dmtpss.html
Just like the one in your link.
Altough you wont reach waterstone level results its quite good and fast and hassle free.
Alan m said:j123j said:Alan m said:can anyone reconmend some thing for touching up an adge on site
A leather strop with aluminum oxide paste rubbed on to it. That is if you're really 'touching up' finely.
On site one of these is handy http://www.woodpeck.com/dmtpss.html
Just like the one in your link.
Altough you wont reach waterstone level results its quite good and fast and hassle free.
i use a stop sometimes just to get that final razor edge. it is no good to fix a dull chisel thow.
that link looks just like the trend one.
what is actually wrong with the trend one.
Alan m said:sound jmb. thanks very much