Post by mike on Nov 9, 2017 11:30:26 GMT
I ordered a ProEdge from Poolewood last week (to replace a Tormek system) and between them and Sorby's had issues actually getting a machine delivered when it was promised (largely down to Aspray24 I believe, who have to be the worst courier company I have ever encountered), wasted two days or more waiting in for the thing, and then two turn up together but that is all behind me now!
First impressions are that the main machine is a solid and well made piece of kit (it should be for that money?!) but despite a sealed/stapled outer box it was sent without the T Bar hex driver (Ian at Poolewood is sorting this and apparently will be with me tomorrow) to adjust the bed angle and the Straight Gouge jig would not fit into the tool rest slot. It just jammed solid (the skew jig slid in perfectly) and in the end rather than try and get a replacement I took a small oilstone to the slide bar on the jig which had a distinct bulge to its sides between the two fixing screws.
My issue now is that after just two practise runs with a Sorby skew chisel and an old woodworking chisel using 60g Ceramic and 120g ALO I have noticed that I already have a few distinct grooves in the backplate behind the belt where the tools contact the belt. Is this normal, do they get uneven wear due to picking up dirt behind the belt, is there such as thing as pressing too hard when sharpening? I am now not wanting to try any more sharpening until I get this answered as I do not want to cause anymore grooving which presumably (and despite the belts being fairly thick) would eventually make for an uneven edge on the tool sharpened, or would it?
**I have now spoken to Paul Richmond at Sorby's and very helpful he was, and apparently this backplate will wear over time (but this is apparently quite some time!) and can be readily replaced if so. He thinks it may have been the tape backing to the belt join causing this scoring.
I tried using the V jig to sharpen a Sorby 10mm spindle gouge and hadnt realised that it can (and did) produce a quite sharply pointed end which isnt at all what I wanted. I then read in a sales catalogue (Stiles and Bates I think) that a V jig will cause this. And so I used the fingernail jig set to 45 degrees with ProSet and in less than five minutes produced a beautifully sharp fingernail profile to this tool which cuts fantastically, and so despite my delivery,missing item issues I am now officially in love with this machine! (Paul confirms you can sharpen the delivered rounded end profile of the Sorby spindle gouge with the V jig, but it takes great care, I will stick with my lovely fingernail profile!).
First impressions are that the main machine is a solid and well made piece of kit (it should be for that money?!) but despite a sealed/stapled outer box it was sent without the T Bar hex driver (Ian at Poolewood is sorting this and apparently will be with me tomorrow) to adjust the bed angle and the Straight Gouge jig would not fit into the tool rest slot. It just jammed solid (the skew jig slid in perfectly) and in the end rather than try and get a replacement I took a small oilstone to the slide bar on the jig which had a distinct bulge to its sides between the two fixing screws.
My issue now is that after just two practise runs with a Sorby skew chisel and an old woodworking chisel using 60g Ceramic and 120g ALO I have noticed that I already have a few distinct grooves in the backplate behind the belt where the tools contact the belt. Is this normal, do they get uneven wear due to picking up dirt behind the belt, is there such as thing as pressing too hard when sharpening? I am now not wanting to try any more sharpening until I get this answered as I do not want to cause anymore grooving which presumably (and despite the belts being fairly thick) would eventually make for an uneven edge on the tool sharpened, or would it?
**I have now spoken to Paul Richmond at Sorby's and very helpful he was, and apparently this backplate will wear over time (but this is apparently quite some time!) and can be readily replaced if so. He thinks it may have been the tape backing to the belt join causing this scoring.
I tried using the V jig to sharpen a Sorby 10mm spindle gouge and hadnt realised that it can (and did) produce a quite sharply pointed end which isnt at all what I wanted. I then read in a sales catalogue (Stiles and Bates I think) that a V jig will cause this. And so I used the fingernail jig set to 45 degrees with ProSet and in less than five minutes produced a beautifully sharp fingernail profile to this tool which cuts fantastically, and so despite my delivery,missing item issues I am now officially in love with this machine! (Paul confirms you can sharpen the delivered rounded end profile of the Sorby spindle gouge with the V jig, but it takes great care, I will stick with my lovely fingernail profile!).