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   Bob_Van_Dyke | Aug 30, 2007 03:07am | #1

   Boss-
   I would definitely recommend a 6" grinder (not an 8" or bigger) equip it with a white wheel (this is a friable wheel that runs cooler than the standard wheel. Slow speed or standard speed is your call (a good quality slow speed is around $200.00- (yes there are cheaper ones- but you get what you pay for...)I have both in my school. I like the slow speed for turning tools and I use the standard speed for everything else.
   6" wheel? yes- the smaller wheel gives you a tighter radius in the hollow grind- a bigger radius does not give you any of the advantages of hollow grinding! never understood why people want those big wheels (maybe its just some macho thing!)
   When the Wolverine system came out (I have seen many homemade versions of the same thing for years)it made basic turning tool sharpening a breeze- very easy and very repeatable- and quick. So That is all we use now for turning tools. The tormak is a great system for some things but with that big wheel you get a very shallow hollow and it is a system that is really based on power stropping. I think you would find that turning tools would take much longer to do with that system.
   I also retrofitted my veritas grinder tool rest so that it would work with the wolverine setup. I use that for all my hollow grinding of chisels and plane irons.
   Don't forget- you still need a good set of bench stones to finish the sharpening (not bowl gouges and scrapers- but just about everything else!)
   let me know how you make out.
   Bob Van Dyke

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   juglans | Oct 01, 2007 03:51am | #2

   Bob,

   Tell me more about adapting the Veritas tool rest to the Wolverine. I had been trying to figure out how to do this. Picture maybe?

   Dan Santos

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   Bob_Van_Dyke | Oct 01, 2007 04:21am | #3

   I will take a picture tomorrow- Bob

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   Bob_Van_Dyke | Oct 02, 2007 06:24pm | #4

   So- here is the picture- simple enough- all you need is some 1" square stock about 18" long- any hardware store (in the back where they have the steel rods and threaded rod for sale)
   a piece of wood with a 45 degree groove cut out and then sandwiched over the square stock- mount the veritas guide on that and put it in the wolverine.
   let me know how you make out.
   Bob Van Dyke

   
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   juglans | Oct 03, 2007 03:48pm | #5

   Bob,

   Thanks for the info. Looks like a winner.

   Dan