I had the opportunity to talk to a factory rep from Oneway at the symposium this year and was telling him about my frustration with the VarigrindII sharpening jig.. He gave me some pointers that have resolved all my troubles. First set the leg of the Varigrind jig to a 22.5 degree angle to your gouge. The easiest way to do this is to fold a square piece of paper in half to get 180 degrees then in half again for 90 and again for 45 and again to get 22.5 degrees. Once you have the leg to gouge angle set to 22.5 degrees use a pliers to tighten it down so it won’t vibrate loose. Now set the distance from the front of the jig to the tip of the gouge to 2 inches and tighten the clamp. With the grinder turned off, set the ball end of the jig shaft into the cradle and adjust the length so that you have the tool resting on the wheel with the bevel in full contact. Using a sharpie to blacken the end of the gouge and turn the grinder on and off again and lightly touch the side grind of your gouge to the wheel. You should see a shinny line that covers the full length of the bevel. If not readjust your length and check it again. Turn the grinder on and let it come to speed before you set your tool on the grinder. Turn the gouge on its side to begin the grind on the side bevel and not the tip. You Do Not need to Press down on the tool. The weight of the tool and jig will provide enough pressure to sharpen the tool but not ware the tool out by over grinding. Hold the tool in the center of the jig and rotate it smoothly from one side to the other. One or two passes is enough to have a very sharp tool unless you are re-shaping the grind pattern. This will also prevent over heating and burning the tool tip. Note that the front of the jig will be between the ends of the U shaped front arm but not contacting the bottom of the U. You can sharpen all of your bowl and spindle gouges without changing your settings. Your swing and rotation will change with the different grinds but not the tool position in the jig. I told them they needed to do a better job with their training video.