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Just back from a short holiday, I've fallen behind with getting back as promised.
The friendly guy at Tormek suggested that I patch the hole pretty much the way I had done already. He also kindly offered two new plastic bearings.
Most importantly, he offered good advice for the mounting and maintaining of the new, stainless spindle in the plastic housing of the SG1200:
1) Leave a tiny amount of play when mounting the spindle (and if course; use a bit of grease)
2) A drop of oil on both bearings every now and then.

Should anyone have or come across a Tormek with a similar issue, I'd happily share the STL file for the patch, just contact me.
Thanks again for the response.
Your's,
Lars

After lots of digressions, I finally had time to make a patch. It fits tightly around the nylon bearing of the new, stainless shaft.
Couldn't make it smaller as it had to be skrewed into intact areas of the plastic case.
Not elegant but it seems to do the job nicely. With that in place and the new shaft, it's become annoyingly clear that the honing wheel has warped. It has some ugly cracks, too, so it wobbles heavily. Oh well, one more item to wish for Christmas.

Lars

@ Ken,John

Thanks, I've emailed Support and will get back here when I get an answer.
Lars

@ Ken:
WillDo
&
WillDo

But are you sure that they will find the possible shortcomings of an old model interesting?
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@ John:
The odd thing is that as far as I can see, the holes on the honing and grinding sides aren't (or rather; haven't been) the same diameter!
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Thanks for both your inputs.

Lars
That puzzles me

Your's,
Lars

Closeup. Not a pretty sight 

[diameter of the hole]

Hi.
Just "inherited" an old SuperGrind 1200 in pretty bad shape.
Reason tells me to trash it, but the challenge was too sweet...
Having crushed the stone, it became clear to me why the stone wobbled quite badly. At the top of the hole in the case, the plastic was melted. I intend to draw and 3D- print a patch including a new, enforced hole.
My main problem is to get the hole size and placement absolutely correct.
Would someone with a SG1200 be so kind as to help me with two measurements?
First one would be the correct diameter of the hole in the stone end of the case.
Secondly I would like to know thickness of the enforced ring around the hole.
Thanks very much.
Your's,
Lars

@boilerbengal
This is the only water container for a Tormek, I've stumbled upon. I'll leave to others to tell if that will fit your model.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3962736

Your's,
Lars

Thanks again to both of you, very helpful.

Lars

@cbwx34:
Thank you vey much!

A friend of mine has measured the hight difference to 40 mm on the grey Anniversary model (a T7 in disguise).
That would be 1.575" or 1" and 37/64.

In TormekCalc3, I believe the number I'm looking for is called "Constant HH" and the value 41 (1.614" or 1" and 39/64), suggesting that my friend isn't too far off.

If someone owning a Tormek in the T3/T4-size would be so kind as to check, I'd be very glad to hear the result.

Lars

[If you measure]

Hi Ken.
Thank you for the friendly welcome.
Obviously, my English skills are limited, so I'll rephrase my question:

A) If you measure the height from the table to the center of the USB (in the horisontal position)

B) and measure the hight from the table to the centre of the shaft

What is A minus B?

and

Is that number the same on all Tormeks?

Your's,
Lars

Hello. New user here as you may guess reading this post.
Please bear with me if the answer is common knowledge.
I searched the forum for info on this topic, but with no luck.

I would like to know if the vertical distance between the center of the shaft and the center of the USB (in the horizontal position) is a constant for all Tormeks - or maybe for all 200 and 250 mm models respectively?

Thanks very much for answers or links to info.

Lars in Denmark