Tormek T4 Grinding Machine, 120 W

This is a great professional and home system. It can sharpen your knife to below 100 BESS and when you get experienced enough - even razor sharp at 50 BESS. It saves a lot of time - compared to the water stones, which are like ancient history. However getting better on this system takes time and watching a lot of utube. So do a LOT of training on cheap knives before you proceed on sharpening your expensive knives. You should train on at least 20 blades, before doing any expensive knife. Also I highly recommend taking the 4000 grit japanese water stone. It is a GAME CHANGER!! Without it - I'm able to reach min 200 BESS, while with the japanese water stone - I can go below 100 BESS. The water stone can be purchased from fine-tools (dot) com / Tormek.html

It’s all true. These really are the best wet stone sharpening machines, even supplied with some plasters ready for when you cut yourself. It used to take me a couple of hours to sharpen all my chisels and plane blades but this can now be done in around 20 minutes to very nearly the same level of sharpness - distinct lack of hair on my arms to show for it ! I know they are more expensive than the others but do it - you won’t regret it.

Bought this for the kitchen I work in; This is one of the best things I have bought in a long time, a lot of our knifes are blunt, more like rulers at this point. I have spent from 5 mins to 10 mins for really bad knifes, all of these are shaving sharp, I fully endorse this for any pro kitchen that needs a quick system to sharpen. The leather wheel I feel will wear out quick but I will be buying the compound wheel that they have for the machine. The only thing I have noticed is when you are doing large chef knifes is the grinding wheel is in the way when you are honing the largest of knifes, but that's a easy fix I just remove the grinding wheel to get a full honing of these knifes. 10/10 don't regret this at all.

hi i found that this is fine and good, it dose what it says on the tin , the down side is there is a nylon washer on the shaft and this over time wheres out of round.witch in turn sends the grining wheel out of round. it takes a lot to bring it back to round and the nilon washer will set you back £4.00 at that price you would think a spear washer would be with this . other than that its a very fine tool .

The only downside with this machine is the price. It’s a solid piece of kit and my chisels and planes have never been so sharp.

Probably the best quality you can get for the price but it would have been nice if you could have chosen one tool holder for free as it doesn't come with any

Has sharpening jigs go it's the tops very well constructed,very good quality certainly worth the money paid

Perfect for shaping and sharpening woodturning gouges and chisels and the watercooled grindstone alleviates heat buildup in the metal. Great product! Thoroughly recommend.

Machine de très haute qualité, très silencieuse et sans vibrations accessoires très bien conçus un peu cher mais vaut son prix !!!!

El tormek t-4 es excelente ahora mucho tiempo y hace un trabajo mucho más preciso que con otros métodos !

Die Tormek habe ich mir nach einigem ueberlegen als Alternative zu Nasschleifsteinen besorgt. Hauptnachteil dieses haendischen Schleifens war fuer mich, dass es eben sehr lange dauern kann bis mal ein Grundschliff da ist wenn das Messer komplett stumpf ist. Auch unterschiedliche Winkel lassen sich zwar realisieren auf Nassschleifsteinen aber diese auch korrekt ueber die komplette Schneide hinzubekommen erfordert ebenfalls einiges an Uebung und Geschick. Bei der Tormek ist dies einfacher: Messer einspannen, Winkel mit der Winkelschablone einstellen und los gehts. Der mitgelieferte Stein laesst sich auf 200 Grit und 1000 Grit abrichten. Damit kann man schnell die Schneide richten und bekommt sie auch relativ schoen fein geschliffen. Klar ist das Ergebnis nicht dasselbe wie mit einem 4000 Grit Japanstein. Die Messer werden aber mindestens so scharf, dass man den Papiertest problemlos besteht; und zwar mit jedem Messer! Das sollte fuer alle gewoehnlichen Beduerfnisse ausreichen. Mit der Lederscheibe kann man den letzten Grad entfernen was nochmal deutlich an Schaerfe bringt. Die Verarbeitung ist tadellos. Das Zubehoer ist zwar nicht gerade guenstig aber wertig und massiv. Sicherlich kann man auch mit einer guenstigeren Maschine gute Ergebnisse produzieren aber ich finde Preis-Leistung fuer diese Maschine in Ordnung. Besonders angenehm: die enorme Laufruhe dank der niedrigen Drehzahl. Da hat der Schleifprozess fast die gleiche meditative Entspannungswirkung wie das Schleifen von Hand. Einiges Manko: das Lederrad ist kleiner als das Schleifrad. Wenn man per Hand abzieht, ist das kein Problem. Moechte man das Messer allerdings auch im gleichen Winkel abziehen benoetigt man ein etwas groesseres Rad. Das kann man aber leicht selbst bauen oder sich bestellen. Sehr gut ist auch die Dokumentation: es liegt ein ordentliches Handbuch bei sowie eine DVD mit diversen Videoanleitungen. Heutzutage gibt es das auch alles auf Youtube. Die Maschine und die Ergebnisse machen Spass. Uneingeschraenkte Kaufempfehlung.

It seems every spare bit of bench and shelf space in my shop holds some sort of sharpening system, stone or device. These range from an 8" grinder, to small belt sanders equipped with leather stropping belts, all the way down to diamond wet stones and Arkansas hard stones. I am, a sharpening junkie. I think a garage sale is in order though, because I've put my new Tormek T4 through its paces over the last month, and I have found my system at last! The scary sharp edges that I achieved were so impressive that I resharpened every edge tool in my shop. The Tormek system is well thought out and the components are of very high quality. Here are a few notes based on my experience: 1. The customer support is excellent, but you must register your tool using the serial number on the bottom. My T4 arrived without the SP-650 Stone Grader that was supposed to be included. As a registered owner, I emailed the company in Sweden. Within 24 hours, a representative of the US distributor in the Midwest replied, requesting my shipping information. I had the stone within 48 hours- a total of three days after I unpacked my Tormek. Excellent! 2. Based on customer reviews, i purchased three accessories to meet my sharpening needs: the SE-77 Square Edge Jig (absolutely needed for plane irons, chisels, etc.), the SVS-38 Short Tool Jig (for my carving gouges, etc.) and the LA-120 Profiled Honing Wheels (again for the carving tools.). These all met or exceeded my expectations. 3. Most important is that you watch the entire DVD that is included before you do anything else, otherwise you might wonder about the lack of set up instructions, like I did. 4. The T4 also comes with a detailed booklet on how the many accessories function. 5. You will need to keep your Tormek out of freezing spaces. The stone absorbs water and can potentially crack if it freezes. 6. The stone does not grind as quickly as you might be used to with a conventional grinder, but once you re profile your tool edges, a quick honing on the leather wheel will get them scary sharp once more. The system is expensive, which is what kept me away for quite a while. What I did was to ask for Amazon gift cards at every gift giving occasion for Christmas, my Birthday and Father's day. I saved them all, and now I have my Tormek! I plan to add a knife sharpening jig and a jig for woodturning tools next.

Estuve a punto de no poder recibir el pedido debido a que no pusieron mi número de teléfono en la dirección y no podía comunicarse conmigo el repartidor. Me parece escandaloso que las instrucciones principales vengan exclusivamente en alemán. Siempre pensé después de ver la publicidad que las instrucciones vendrían correctamente traducidas al español. Asimismo el DVD viene expresado en cuatro idiomas pero no en español. No devolví el producto para evitarme la molestia,pero mi dinero ( y mucho por cierto, ya que es muy caro) no sabe de idiomas y si es pedido desde España, tiene que traer las instrucciones correctamente traducidas al español. Por último la distribuidora UPS no goza de buena fama en cuanto a la distribución.