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Tormek SE-77 Square Edge Sharpening Jig Demo - Cambering a Plane Blade on the Tormek Sharpener

Highland Woodworking

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The new SE-77 Jig from Tormek has two micro-adjust knobs that are useful for exactly squaring the front to the side of a chisel or plane iron. The jig can also be used to get an even camber, or convex shape, on the front of a plane blade. Mike Morton explores the features of the SE-77 Jig and shows exactly how to camber a plane iron.

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14 Comments

@mwoodturner54 1 year ago

An excellent explanation!

@Pollys13a 7 years ago

Very helpful thanks.

@HWCism 4 years ago

Fine demonstration. I liked how you used a hardwood instead of pine. Cherry?

@muhammadasadkhan3564 2 years ago

why don't you check for the squareness of the blade while in the SES-77 jig using the inside of the stone ?

@rossmorrow3013 1 year ago

Dear Sirs,
I’m thinking of buying a T8 but wondered just how long do you get out of the original stone, I appreciate it depends on what and how often etc you use your sharpener.

Yours truly,

ross

@RGRGJKK 3 years ago

Pura vida mi amigo and guys I have a question Does tormek jig fix on Wen sharpening sugtem? I have a cheap one 😅my budget is limited.pura vida

@plugger410 10 months ago

Did he say die right in?

@Kufunninapuh 3 years ago

I didn't watch this all the way through. So this info might be included or common sense I don't know. The angle of the blade in the plane enhances the camber quite a bit. I turned my oil knobs almost a whole turn which turned out to be waaay to much. :(

@bastrdchild2091 10 years ago

Nice video. Well produced and informative. -- I have a T-7, so I agree on how wonderfully sharp any blade can get using the Tormek. -- With that said though, it looks like it might be more work using the SE-77 to camber a blade than using a cheap manual honing guide. -- I was wondering about how you reset the jig using the micro adjustment knobs once you loosened them? Is it easy to lock them down so that the jig is square again? -- I like your videos, so please keep up the good work. -- Cheers!

@muhammadasadkhan3564 2 years ago

My problem with your amount of steps is that you want this whole procedure to be really fast - think if I have to sharpen blade again and again or different ones. No wonder many of woodworkers go with hand sharpening with a simple honing guide & a simple angle jig and diamond plates. (using finger pressing on alternate sides for camber). It goes much faster. I have a Tormek myself. But sometimes I find it cumbersome, fill the water, grind the wheel - rough vs smooth, and then use the jigs in a very particular way.

@GeeDeeBird 3 years ago

Seems overly complicated to me. It's easier to put a camber on with a bench stone. It only takes 5 or 10 strokes with pressure to each corner. Thanks for sharing though

@petergosney6433 5 years ago

With all due respect, this video is a good lesson on using the jig, but not the plane. By grinding a camber, you are producing a “scrub” plane blade. It is not designed for light cuts, but for quick removal of high spots, usually at 45 degrees to the grain. Its use is then followed by a straight grind for smoothing along the grain. The ridges produced by the straight blade were due to taking too heavy cuts. When smoothing, the finer the shavings, the better = no ridges.