The Tormek T-8 Original is a powerful and versatile water-cooled sharpening system that has everything you need to take your sharpening to the next level. The advanced design and its user-friendliness give you the best possible conditions for successful sharpening with top results. The Tormek T-8 Original is ideal for both quality-conscious, enthusiastic amateurs and professionals.
Why the Tormek T-8 Original?
- Sharpens all your edge tools. Add the jigs you need and build the system.
- Water-cooled sharpening with no risk of overheating the steel.
- Exact repeatability– sharpen your tools with unbeatable precision.
- Efficient grindstone with adjustable properties equivalent to 220 to 1000 grit.
- 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.
Sharpen with unbeatable precision
The advanced design ensures unbeatable precision for the Universal Support, which is the foundation of the Tormek sharpening system, since it guides all grinding jigs and accessories. The patented precision mounts for the Universal Support are integrated in this model’s fully cast machine housing. This gives you full control and maximum accuracy in your sharpening.
The highest quality made in Sweden
The Tormek T-8 Original comes with the SG-250 Original Grindstone. It has adjustable sharpening properties equivalent to 220 to 1000 grit and sharpens all types of steel grades, including HSS. Tormek’s efficient drive system guarantees you many years of quiet and reliable use. The system is built to maintain optimal speed for water-cooled sharpening, even under full load, thanks to its unique drive wheel. The industrial AC motor is maintenance-free and designed to run the full-size grinding wheel for continuous use. The motor is tested for a 25,000 hour service life.
Water trough with screw lift and magnetic scraper
The Tormek T-8 Original is equipped with loads of smart features to make your sharpening easier. For example, the water trough has a convenient screw lift to easily raise and lower the water trough. It also has a double function magnetic scraper: during sharpening, the magnet collects steel particles, and after sharpening, the scraper will make it easy to clean the water trough. For long tools that may drip water outside the water trough (like chef’s knives and planer blades), you can easily fit the enclosed water chute onto the edge of the water trough.
EzyLock – quick and easy switching of grinding wheels
Another worked-through detail is the stainless-steel main shaft with Tormek’s unique EzyLock nut, which enables tool-free locking and unlocking of the grinding wheel. The EzyLock also makes it easy to change grinding wheels if you work with some of Tormek’s special grindstones SB-250 Blackstone Silicon or SJ-250 Japanese Waterstone. Or perhaps one of our diamond grinding wheels?
RB-180
You can use the RB-180 Rotating Base to easily rotate your machine 180° and then lock it in place. This allows you to alternate between sharpening and honing, or alternate between sharpening edge trailing and edge leading in just a few seconds. With no effort.
Why RB-180 Rotating Base?
- Rotate your machine 180°.
- More ergonomic sharpening.
- Saves space – you don’t need to be able to walk around the machine.
- Fits the Tormek T-8, Tormek T-4 and some older models.
Easily switch between sharpening and honing
Some tools are best sharpened when the stone is rotating into the edge. Other tools are best sharpened with the stone rotating away from the edge. With Tormek’s rotating base, you can easily rotate your machine 180° and adapt the direction of rotation to your needs.
The rotating base also makes it easy to switch between sharpening and honing. Always hone with the honing wheel rotating away from the edge (edge trailing), otherwise there’s a risk of the tool cutting into the honing wheel and damaging it.
Better ergonomics
We’ve been very careful to make the RB-180 Rotating Base as thin as possible so it doesn’t raise the machine and change the sharpening position. You can easily rotate your Tormek without heavy lifting or spilling water. All for the best sharpening experience.
The plastics in the RB-180 Rotating Base are optimized to provide low friction and high stability. What’s more, the rotating base rests on rubber feet that absorb any vibrations and keep it steady while you sharpen your tools.
