Create your own water-cooled sharpening system Customize your own water-cooled sharpening system with the Tormek T-8 Custom. This enables you to create your own Tormek sharpening system, with your favorite accessories. Just add a grinding wheel, honing wheel, the right jigs and your own creativity. The Tormek T-8 Custom is ideal if you either have specific grinding wheel and honing wheel needs. Or maybe you already have a number of accessories and want to add another machine to your collection? Why the Tormek T-8 Custom? Choose the grinding wheel and honing wheel that suit your needs and create your own Tormek water-cooled sharpening system. Sharpen all your edge tools by adding the jigs you need. Water-cooled sharpening with no risk of overheating the steel. Exact repeatability– sharpen your tools with unbeatable precision. Solid zinc frame with integrated mounts for controllable and accurate sharpening. Powerful industrial AC motor for continuous use. 8-year warranty, 5 years + 3 years when you register online. Create your own Tormek T-8 water-cooled sharpening system The Tormek T-8 Custom includes a stripped Tormek T-8 sharpening machine without grinding wheel or honing wheel. The box includes the basic Tormek accessories: HB-10 Tormek Sharpening Handbook, WM-200 AngleMaster for measuring the bevel angle, and US-105 Universal Support for the jigs. The rest you decide for yourself by adding other accessories separately. Choose your grinding wheel Every tool is unique. Add the grinding wheel that suits your needs. Perhaps the versatile SG-250 Original Grindstone with adjustable sharpening properties equivalent to 220 to 1000 grit? Or one of the durable and extremely hard diamond grinding wheels? The SB-250 Blackstone Silicon special grindstone for quickly shaping and sharpening HSS steel? Or why not try the 4000 grit SJ-250 Japanese Waterstone for a mirror finish? The choice is yours! Choose your honing wheel A honing wheel is essential to remove the burr and achieve maximum sharpness. Your edge tool is polished to razor sharpness when you use the LA-220 Leather Honing Wheel together with our honing compound. The CW-220 Composite Honing Wheel with integrated polish easily removes the burr without honing compound. Pick your favorite! Tormek T-8 – A powerful and versatile sharpening system The Tormek T-8 is a powerful and versatile water-cooled sharpening system. The machine has a maintenance-free industrial AC motor, designed to run the grinding wheel during continuous use. The powerful motor is tested for a 25,000 hour service life. The efficient system manages to maintain a constant speed, even under full load, thanks to its unique drive wheel. The motor and the characteristic Tormek drive system guarantee you many years of silent and reliable operation. Smart features, such as the Tormek EzyLock nut, which enables tool-free locking and unlocking of the grinding wheel, and the advanced water trough equipped with a screw lift and magnetic scraper, complete the Tormek T-8 as the ultimate sharpening system for all kinds of edge tools. Please note that a grinding wheel, honing wheel, and jigs are not included with the Tormek T-8 Custom. Buy them separately to complete your system. SELECTED FEATURES Universal Support The base and support for all jigs. Enables unbeatable precision when sharpening. Patented Precision MountsEnsures controllable and accurate sharpening. MicroAdjustWith acme thread and a scale for precise edge angle setting. Magnetic ScraperEfficiently collects sharpening dust and makes it easy to clean the water trough. Screw LiftEasily raise and lower the water trough. EzyLockConvenient, tool-free locking/unlocking of the grinding wheel. Industrial AC MotorMaintenance-free. Minimal rpm loss under heavy load. Tested for a 25,000-hour service life. Efficient drive RKX18 rubber ensures years of silent and reliable operation. SPECS AND DETAILS Packaging dimensions Width: 388 mm (15 1/4")Depth: 298 mm (11 3/4")Height: 325 mm (12 3/4") Machine dimensions Width: 270 mm (10 5/8")Depth: 270 mm (10 5/8")Height: 286 mm (11 1/4") Weight Inc. packaging: 11.5 kg (25.35 lbs)Machine only: 9.3 kg (20.5 lbs) Color Blue/gray Cord length 1.7 m (5' 7") Housing Precision-cast zinc stand, powder-coatedSides made of impact-resistant blue ABS plastic Drive system Unique drive system with RKX18 rubberSelf-adjusting for load Main shaft MSK-250 Stainless Steel Shaft with EzyLock Performance 100 rpmTorque 14.7 Nm Motor Industrial motor, single phase, AC200 W (input), 100-115 V / 220-240 V, 50-60 HzContinuous operationMaintenance-freeQuiet running, 54 dB25 000 hours of operating time Warranty 8-year warranty, 5 years + 3 years when you register at tormek.comValid for professional use as well Documents Parts breakdown T-8 ENPdf, 339.7 kB. Patents To see all patents, please visit tormek.com/patentsProduct versions VIDEO Tormek T-8 Custom: Create Your Own This video shows how you can customize your own Tormek water-cooled sharpening system. Choose which grinding wheel, honing wheel, and jigs you need. Tormek T-8 Custom: Live demonstration Watch this live episode as we go over and show the various options offered by the Tormek T-8 Custom. INCLUDED IN THE BOX The Tormek T-8 Custom comes with: HB-10 Tormek Handbook comes in several language versions depending on the market WM-200 AngleMaster to measure the sharpening angle US-105 Universal Support for precision sharpening Metal plate mount for WM-200 AngleMaster HB-10 Tormek Handbook WM-200 AngleMaster US-105 Universal Support with Micro Adjust T-8
