I like the Tormek diamond stones, but they While they’re bad about causing water to slosh out of the trough. This might not be a problem for the Tormek T8, but it is a problem for my SuperGrind 2000 which I have upgraded to the T7 configuration. It’s really a mess when using the original water trough and not much better with the T7 water trough. The cause of the problem is that water gets inside the diamond stone because the plastic disk on the inboard side of the stone doesn’t make a watertight seal with the steel body. So like a waterwheel, it scoops up water and then dumps it as the wheel rotates through the water trough. The fix seemed simple enough in theory: make a watertight connection between the plastic disk and the steel rim, but it was considerably easier said than done. Neither silicone caulk nor flexible CA glue liked being submerged in water and quickly failed. After trying several different sealants without success, I was about to give up when I decided to try JB Weld Plastic Bonder, a two-part polyurethane glue, that I had used to seal rebuilt 3M battery packs. That turned out to be the the ideal solution. It has bonded to both the plastic and the steel and hasn’t leaked yet.
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