SE 77 Straight Edge Jig for Plane Irons, Crowbar

It arrives, is reassuringly heavy out of the box. The casting is good and the adjusters run smooth. The instructions are excellent with good advice about sharpening in. It runs so smooth on the support bar and is highly adjustable. It's a beautifully thought out and well built jig. I bought it because the cheap jig with my whetstone sharpener was twisting under tightening and only cut at an angle. Within 5 mins on my grinder with this jig my wonky blade was coming back to square. Buy it. Pain in the pocket but a lifetime of pleasure in the using.

Very well manufactured. I particularly like the ability to adjust the sideways angle of the tool that you are sharpening.

Good product happy to buy again

Together with the angle finder, this jig makes sharpening chisels and plane blades simple as long as they have a straight edge. I have sharpened all the tools I have except my mortise chisels which are too thick to fit - at least I have some to do manually still !

Fairly solid, I'm guessing in a zinc alloy - not steel, well thought out and reasonably well-made but some rough edges evident which, considering the price, should not be there. I shall, however, be keeping this as it does offer more adjustment than other jigs but at a high price. I would have liked to have seen a spare pair of the plastic bushes/inserts which would not have been extravagant from Tormek's point of view, as they must be cheap to make, yet are crucial to the performance of the jig. There are other, much more competitively priced similar jigs available, which do not have the additional adjustment capabilities needed for obtaining a spot-on 90° edge yet are much cheaper and do a reasonable job.

Highly satisfied with the product 👌

Never used a tormek before and was very impressed with the result. Very well made and easy to use.

Makes sharpening of chisels and plane blades easy

Ottimo

It works

Awesome. I can now repeatably grind a perfect camber in my plane irons. It also does a great job of adjusting for a straight and square grind. This jig has been a long time coming in my opinion. Because the Tormek system is so nearly perfect and so well made. The original Square Edge Jig did not reliable produce a perfect square edge. I always had to fiddle with mine to get perfect square. This jig makes any slight correction very easily and on the fly (...almost- turn off the machine while adjusting I suppose) And although Tormek doesn’t make a big deal about it- it will grind a camber if you loosen the thumb knobs about a half turn each for most smoothers. Nothing else on the market will do that - at least not that I’m aware of. You’ll love it.

I have the king brand sharpener that comes with a flimzey square jig. I got this because it’s better quality. Looks like it would work well except the bar isn’t long enough on the king sharpener to accommodate the range of motion required. I might been willing to keep the jig except there is a tab on the back of the jig that bumps the closest vertical bar and again limits the range of motion in the other direction. Otherwise it’s a great jig. I considered modifying the jig to make it work but I decided to send it back.

Ik heb deze tormek gekocht voor een ander merk slijpmachine, maar hij past gewoon. Veel beter dan het hulpstuk dat ik bij de originele kreeg. Echt een aanrader als je een slijpmachine voor je beitels of schaven gebruikt.