I'm trying to talk myself out of spending a lot of money on a Tormek and have pretty much decided to go with the bench grinder mounting attachment and a fine Norton 3X stone on my bench grinder. The shortcomings of this is giving up the knife sharpening advantages of the Tormek. Stumbled on this topic in a few Knife Sharpening discussions. Is anybody using a 1 or 2 inch belt sander with fine abrasives or a leather belt as a power stropper? The HF 1 X 30 sander gets lots of coverage as well as the Kalamazoo units. I remember a while back seeing a write up somewhere in which a fellow mounted the HF sander on its back and used it so the belt turned away from the edge. Anyone remember that? Talk to me.
Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREokC4MPM0]
Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREokC4MPM0]