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Tormek T-8 Custom
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?
Overview
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. Gives unbeatable precision when sharpening.
Patented Precision Mounts
Guarantees controllable and accurate sharpening.
MicroAdjust
With ACME thread and a scale for precise angle setting.
Magnetic Scraper
Efficiently collects steel particles and makes it easy to clean the water trough.
Screw Lift
Easily raises and lowers the water trough.
EzyLock
Convenient, tool-free locking and unlocking of the grinding wheel.
Industrial AC Motor
Maintenance-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-coated
Sides made of impact-resistant blue ABS plastic
Drive system
Unique drive system with RKX18 rubber
Self-adjusting for load
Main shaft
MSK-250 Stainless Steel Shaft with EzyLock
Performance
100 rpm
Torque 14.7 Nm
Motor
Industrial motor, single phase, AC
200 W (input), 100-115 V / 220-240 V, 50-60 Hz
Continuous operation
Maintenance-free
Quiet running, 54 dB
25 000 hours of operating time
Warranty
8-year warranty, 5 years + 3 years when you register at tormek.com
Valid for professional use as well
Documents
Patents
To see all patents, please visit tormek.com/patents
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
Reviews
Statements from Tormek Friends
As I sharpen about 100 knives a week in my work, I have different requirements than most people. I need things to be accurate and efficient in terms of time but without compromising the quality of the edge.
Tomer Botner
Knifemaker – Florentine Kitchen Knives
Reviews from Tormek users
I bought my first Tormek in the late 1980s at what was then the OBS supermarket in Rotebro. I've kept up with developments and upgraded it with all the new features like the stainless steel shaft, leather wheel, diamond grinding wheel, etc. I gave my old machine to my neighbor when my T8 arrived, because it was still working well. It'll go on creating goodwill on behalf of Tormek with him. :-)
Björn, Uppsala
This machine has made me a "sharpening pro" for drill bits, knives, chisels, axes, etc. It's really satisfying to finally have sharp tools, instantly habit forming :)
Ola, Västra Götaland
An excellent machine of good quality
Nils-Göran, Östergötland
An excellent machine of good quality
Nils-Göran, Östergötland