EzyLock Best Practice

[RichColvin]

I was recently using my SuperGrind 2003 which has been upgraded to use the stainless steel shaft with an EzyLock nut. The nut was well locked in place, holding the SG-250 quite tightly, and it took extra tools to remove the nut. 

As I dove into the screw threads to figure out how the nut got stuck, I found it was rather full of some gunk. It was easy enough to clean up, but it does bring me to a thought about a best practice. 

I already lower the water trough, but going forward I will also be sure the nut is removed or at least loosened.

[John Hancock Sr]

I bought a T7 second hand (actually the wife picked it up at an auction for me) and the wheel was rusted solid on the stainless shaft. The wheel broke coming off. The shaft was also well worn. It looked like it had never been lubricated. In hindsight I could have taken it off with the correct technique but hindsight is marvellous.

I always remove the wheel after a sharpening session and have storage for all of the wheels to allow them to dry properly. I also keep the shaft well lubricated.

[Ken S]

Like many of us, I experienced frozen EZYlock several years ago. I finally resorted to using my Channelocks. I was fortunate that my problem was fixed without damaging my grinding wheel. (This is NOT a recommendation to use Channelocks!)

I have always been careful in not leaving my grinding wheel in the water trough. Also, I always remove my grinding wheel after each sharpening session. Having noticed several posts with this problem over the years, I emailed Mats in support. Mats is Tormek employee number six. With his years of experience and dedication, I believe that no one understands the Tormek more than he does.

Mats devised a series of tests to determine what might make the EZYlock fail. With no grease on the spacer, he could get an occasional EZYlock failure. With a light coating of grease on the face of the spacer FACING AWAY FROM THE GRINDING WHEEL, he could not produce a failure. I believe this is the key to unlocking the problem.

For those who do not remove the grinding wheel regularly, I suggest loosening the EZYlock before each sharpening session. This starts each session with no residual thread resistance.

Ken