Tormek DC-250 Diamond Wheel Coarse 360 grit - For Fast Steel Removal When Shaping and a Rapid Repair of a Dull or Damaged Edge - Fits T-8 and T-7

If you're just getting in to Tormek and need to grind profiles - you're either going to need this wheel or buy a high speed grinder. The DC-250 does a good job as a medium coarse wheel. Follow the instructions and you'll be pleased with the results. If you're not used to diamond wheels - don't put a lot of pressure on the wheel - it won't grind any faster and you'll ruin the life of the bonded diamond. This is the first wheel I bought after getting my Tormek, and I'm glad I did.

I needed a coarse wheel to augment my 1000 grit diamond wheel and I got it! I am growing into my wood turning skills and now I can easily create new tool shapes without the worry of overheating the M2 grade steels in which I have invested. The package arrived undamaged, the wheel was perfectly round and the simple TORMEK rapid wheel change method is just superb. If a person is truly interested in the care of tools and finer techniques of sharpening steel, The TORMEK diamond wheels are the way to go. I have not tried sharpening carbide yet, but that will be my next adventure. I highly recommend the TORMEK diamond wheels.

I have a Tormek and was frustrated trying to re-grind (as opposed to merely sharpen) damaged edges or regrinding edges to form a new angle. The stock wheel was just too S-L-O-W! I'd spend half an afternoon getting a new edge profiled. (Don't know how the guy on the company-produced vids is able to re-grind a damaged chisel edge in a few minutes unless the tool had really soft steel?) I decided to try this to shorten the process. And, despite the extra minute or two it takes to swap out wheels, this is a HUGE improvement. Just a few minutes and the tool is ready to sharpen. Definitely worth the additional investment.

This is a must half if you have a tour Mac unbelievable Stone makes easy work out of reshaping a blade and getting the angle you want if I could only buy one stone out of the three diamond stones this one would be at the stone that comes with a Mac can do the rest but this is wonderful

I bought this to do the final shaping of the bevel on a Japanese Deba knife. The 360 grit has worn down quickly or clogged so that its pretty smooth now. It certainly isn't 360 grit in practice anymore. You can see all the black in the photo, that is metal removed from the knife. The steel is T-15 tool steel. This would work well sharpening brittle carbide cutters but is clogging terribly for me trying to cut tool steel (which itself is somewhat brittle).