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The thread you need is just a few downwards: https://www.tormek.com/forum/index.php?topic=3780.0Yes, you need to pivot, and need a pivoting adapter of a sort on your knife jig as pivoting the stock Tormek knife jig will not grind even bevels.See if you can make one yourself, similar in functionality to the Pin Pivot Collar described in the above thread.
Couple of previous ideas.https://www.tormek.com/forum/index.php?topic=3802.msg25365#msg25365https://www.tormek.com/forum/index.php?topic=3957.msg26950#msg26950
Hey Rich, can't this be accomplished by raising and lowering the tooling arm till the appropriate secondary bevel angle is achieved?
Quote from: JKeetonKnives on September 15, 2019, 03:25:43 amHey Rich, can't this be accomplished by raising and lowering the tooling arm till the appropriate secondary bevel angle is achieved?Generally it is better to have two degrees of freedom, the USB height and the protrusion length. Nevertheless the USB height is sufficient to set the desired bevel angle provided that the protrusion is not too short. JanJan expresses this very well. I use capital letters, Projection and Distance to denote the two variables. I like having the freedom to work with either or both. Part of this freedom is standardization. I found that using a Projection of 139mm falls in the middle of the adjustment range for chef's knives, slicing knives, and paring knives (when the SVM-00 is used with paring knives). I use separate preset jigs for the three sizes of knives. This means I rarely have to make even small adjustments when changing knives of different sizes. Using Dutchman's grinding angle tables, my Distance from the support barto the grinding wheel will be 80mm, for a 15° bevel angle with a 250mm wheel. The Knife Grinders applet also calculates in the FVB setting. The end result is essentially the same, the variables can be standardized; no individual measurement is necessary. This is an important time saver when one has many knives to sharpen in a short time.Ken
Good luck,Rich