Tormek T8 Knife Sharpening Jig/Guide

Tormek T8 Knife Sharpening Jig - 15° Angle with Magnetic Holder

Description

Upgrade your Tormek T8 setup with our precision-engineered Knife Sharpening Jig. Designed for a consistent 15-degree angle, this jig ensures razor-sharp edges for various knives. Featuring a secure magnetic holder, it guarantees stability during sharpening. Because its made of plastic, it cant scratch your knifes. 

I have a Tormek T8 that I only use for kitchen knife sharpening. I wanted to build a jig that lets me sharpen the knifes in a similar fashion as the Tormek T1, as using the original T8 KJ-45 is quite slow as my knifes have different sizes.

I used this professional version as an inspiration: https://schleifjunkies.de/produkt/beidseitige-schleifvorrichtung-fuer-cbn-raeder/ (I could not justify to spend so much money… )

Prints

The base plate has a 12.3 mm diameter holes so they slide on the general US-430 support rail. The 15 degree angle guide has two 16.3 mm holes with a 2mm distance to the central plane. These are intended to hold magnets so your knife stays slightly attached to the guide.

There are two options

• a single version i.e. a separate baseplate and 15 degree angle (easier to print, requires glue to assemble)
• a combined version (here the holes are not perpendicular, but not assembly required) 

Customisation

Here is the link to the TinkerCAD project, so you can adjust it to your liking

You can adjust the hight of the triangle to adjust your angle (if you want something different then 15 degrees)

Future

It would be cool to adjust the base plate, so it can insert directly into the frontal vertical base holders i.e. does not require a second support rail.

Interchangeable angle attachments so you can switch easily between angles and do not required an entire re-print.

Danger

Please be careful that your knife does not get in contact with the downward rotation of your stone as you knife might get stuck between the guide and the stone!

Fineprint:

Because of blade thickness, the actual angle of the edge will not be exactly 15 degrees. However, as long as the angle is always consistent, this should not matter to much :)