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Hi all finally got the Tormek wet stone sharpener finished today, I made a metal water trough yesterday today I gave it a couple coats of paint, while that was drying I had an off cut of galvanized sheet, so made a drain tray which gave me a chance to use the bead roller Ive have been making, for the first attempt at bead rolling i am quite pleased with the roller, dont half stiffen up the metal and give quite a good finish, the tray slots on the side of the trough and catches any water dripping off the longer blades, I had a old stand that came with some thing we purchased so have decided to turn it into a sharpening station ive welded on some casters, bolted on the double ended grinder, will fit a couple of shelves on it sometime, it will be handy keeping all the sharpening jigs and things together. Overall I am very pleased with the whole turnout. Just want the wheel to arrive now

Cheers to all
Jord

Cheers for the compliment Herman and tshiker , yes I paralleled the support from the main shaft as I have learnt from some post on here the stones can go out of shape, the stone i have is no good and fathers got me a new one coming woopy.
This afternoon I spent a spare  hour and a half and nocked up a water trough to suit the machine will get it painted hopefully tomorrow.


Cheers Jord   

Thanks to you both regarding the thread size I was unaware what it was called I spoke to father about it and he called it Trapezoidal ACME Thread which as luck would have it I have a couple of old wind up legs off a caravan are the correct size, i may chop the old down piece off weld on some thread when i get time.
Anyway update, to say i am pleased with it is an understatement today i put it into the new housing and i am really pleased with it fitted the new nylon bushed with grease they arrived this morning father siad as i have made such a good job of it he is buying me a new grinding wheel 200mm going by the book the one that on it is only 150mm so not a lot of good. I was quite surprised to see the shaft eaten away with rust so much, I built it back up with weld then turned it down to the required size. the only real problem was getting the label of without tearing it hot air gun and very gentle It went slightly out of shape but i can live with it. I did have a little play with it this afternoon and cannot wait till i get my new wheel on.
When i get a bit of time to spare I am going to make a metal bigger water tray or trough with side extensions to stop any water going every ware.
Anyway just to thanks all for your help and advice there a couple of pictures enjoy

Cheers

Jorden 

I have another question someone may be able to help me with, any idea what the thread size is on the Universal Support from looking at images it looks like an M12 I have the old slide one and I am looking to adapt it or thread it to get finer adjustment.

Cheers

thanks for the compliment, I am hoping that I can get the labels of cleanly and with the new white wheel it shouldnt look to bad, its amazing what you can do with a plasma cutter and a mig welder.

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Cheers for replies Stig and Ken, nylon bushes ordered and are on the way. I do have the 5th edition manual or book very useful. My progress so far has been making the housing I used the old housing to take all the measurements and templates I had some 3mm off cuts of plate in the shop welded it up, I have machined a couple of trailer suspension bushes for the support housing I can still use the locking screw for the universal support. I have put it together in the welded state to make doubly sure everything was good. Its had a couple coats of zinc oxide primer and 3 coats of paint unfortunately i have ran out of blue paint I thought I had some old ford tractor blue left (I restore old tractors) ford blue is pretty similar to the old housing , I do have quite a bit of Massey Ferguson red left hence today the housing has had 3 coats of it. Your probably cringing regarding the color but, hey as long as works good im not fussed on color..

Will keep you posted as to the outcome..
Cheers Jord

Hi to all this is my first post. I have finally acquired my first Tormek I think at a good price £100 ish I think good price as it came with a lot of jigs and bits and pieces, it totaly in pieces its an old supergrind 1200 the housing as your aware is plastic mine is broken in a number of places I have made a few enquires and it looks like the housing are no longer available, I have decided to make a metal housing. I was also surprised to see the "bearing" are only plastic, on rebuilding it I am thinking of turning some bronze or brass bearing given the low revolving speed I feel this would be ok.

What do others think of this idea?

I would appreciate the views and advice of the more experienced Tormekers on here.

Cheers Jordon