Hi Tormek Forum,
I'm a new member, starting my journey with the Tormek T-8 (mainly knifes). I'm a french Canadian. Glad to be here and I'm a big Tormek fanboy already.
I tried searching the forums about this topic and couldn't find a discussion on this. If it's already discussed in a thread, please feel free to redirect me to it.
I was wondering what are the recommendations for disposing of the water and metal/stone residues after some sharpening?
I had my T-8 in my garage until now and I typically empty it and clean it frequently. I was emptying the water reservoir outside my garage in a dedicated spot in my lawn. And rinsing and refill with a hose without causing to much of a mess in my garage.
Now I moved my setup inside in a dedicated room in my basement. Unfortunately I don't have a sink or any water source in that room, but I will figure out how to fill the water. But, I'm trying to figure a good system for emptying it.
After seeing the quantity of metal and stone residue, especially after truing a wheel, I'm pretty sure I should not flush this in the toilet or in a house sink.
Where do you guys drain your water reservoir?
any recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
Several years ago, one of our members posted a very practical solution to your problem.
Purchase a plastic turkey baster. These are inexpensive and can be found in grocery and cooking stores. Lower the water trough of your T8. Using your turkey baster, remove most of the water from your water trough. Dump this in a plastic container. Remove the sludge with a paper towel. Using another container with clean water, rinse your water trough. This will prevent the sludge from clogging your drain.
Ken
Any place where you would feel ok to dump water from cleaning dirty boots should be ok for the disposal of the water from the tray.
I would not dump the residual water into the sink.
Thanks all for the replies / recommendations.
I will try to figure something out. I also have to consider winter time where I don't really want to have to go outside to empty the water tank.
I think it will end up being something like separating the water from the solids in two buckets of some sort. And disposing of both in a different manner. Like trashing the solids/residues and flushing the water.
Some use a coffee filter for such purposes
Aside from specific, occasional sessions where I combine diamonds and SG,I usually leave the water trough to rest for a day, on the lowest position. This allows for the wheel to release the water it absorbed, and for the slurry to sediment on the bottom.
Afterwards I empty the (mostly clear) water in the sink, and the wet (yet compact) slurry goes to the trash.