Unlike Rick, I am not a professional sharpener. I use my Tormek to sharpen tools as I need to use them ... particularly lathe tools. So, I always sharpen whilst standing (then go and immediately use the newly sharpened tool).
Some tools sharpen best from the horizontal position, while others sharpen best from the vertical. The Tormek rotating base makes this easy, and I use mine often. It works as Twisted Trees wants one to do so.
Kind regards,
Rich
As is usually true, there are multiple ways to accomplish the same thing and most of us find our own way through it.
One point of clarification... if Rich is referring to me, the "Rick", I am not a professional sharpener. True, I did some stints this last summer/fall sharpening at a couple of farmers markets. However, I did that as a means of support for my daughter who was the new manager of one of the markets, in the hope of attracting more shoppers to the market. I don't think it worked. I didn't like doing it. I am not planning on doing it again, although, the vendors (half a dozen) at the local market's planning meeting were disappointed I won't be doing it again this year.
As a partial indicator that I am not a pro, I haven't touched my Tormek five months or more. I've been getting very much into woodworking since Nov. I've added a router and router table and a Sawstop table saw to my arsenal and they have opened opportunities immensely. I've had a table saw in the past and was familiar with what it can do, but I had never had a router table and was not aware of how versatile it is. I've added a precision fence system and precision miter gauge accessories which greatly enhance the utility of both machines. I've been generating so much sawdust, I've added a cyclone dust extractor to my shopvac and an ceiling mounted, high volume air filtration system. It is beginning to look like this may be my next "serial obsession".
Rick
