Wen Wet Stone Machine
Does anyone have any experience repairing a Wen Wet Stone Machine? Mine
has stopped putting water on the stone as it revolves. The stone runs fine but because of its speed, it needs to have water put on it to be most effective. Thanks RBW |
On 6 Jan 2005 09:43:19 -0800, "RBW" wrote:
Does anyone have any experience repairing a Wen Wet Stone Machine? Mine has stopped putting water on the stone as it revolves. The stone runs fine but because of its speed, it needs to have water put on it to be most effective. Thanks RBW I gave up on mine after a half dozen uses about twenty years ago. IIRC there is a sintered bronze filter on the pick up tube which quickly clogs with rusted grindings and the small diaphragm pump is operated much too fast to be effective. The guides are flimsy and poorly designed. A total waste of space. You might try running a salt and vinegar solution through it. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
Gerald Miller wrote: On 6 Jan 2005 09:43:19 -0800, "RBW" wrote: Does anyone have any experience repairing a Wen Wet Stone Machine? Mine has stopped putting water on the stone as it revolves. The stone runs fine but because of its speed, it needs to have water put on it to be most effective. Thanks RBW I gave up on mine after a half dozen uses about twenty years ago. IIRC there is a sintered bronze filter on the pick up tube which quickly clogs with rusted grindings and the small diaphragm pump is operated much too fast to be effective. The guides are flimsy and poorly designed. A total waste of space. You might try running a salt and vinegar solution through it. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
Thanks for the suggestion, Gerry. The pump is not working at all and if
the machine is not worth the $20 or so for a new pump, I probably need to look elsewhere for a different wet stone. Any suggestions? Gerald Miller wrote: On 6 Jan 2005 09:43:19 -0800, "RBW" wrote: Does anyone have any experience repairing a Wen Wet Stone Machine? Mine has stopped putting water on the stone as it revolves. The stone runs fine but because of its speed, it needs to have water put on it to be most effective. Thanks RBW I gave up on mine after a half dozen uses about twenty years ago. IIRC there is a sintered bronze filter on the pick up tube which quickly clogs with rusted grindings and the small diaphragm pump is operated much too fast to be effective. The guides are flimsy and poorly designed. A total waste of space. You might try running a salt and vinegar solution through it. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
On 6 Jan 2005 09:43:19 -0800, "RBW" wrote:
Does anyone have any experience repairing a Wen Wet Stone Machine? Mine has stopped putting water on the stone as it revolves. The stone runs fine but because of its speed, it needs to have water put on it to be most effective. Thanks RBW Is that the one that has a little vane or Archimedes Screw pump on the bottom end of the motor shaft, or some other cockamamie pumping method? KISS. If the grinder part still works well, I'd just run an 1/8 copper water line and needle valve from a convenient water source, drill a drain/overflow fitting into the water well with a hose barb and a length of tubing, sit it next to a sink where it can drain, and use total loss water cooling. Just set the valve to 'slow drip' and grind away. It can't possibly use that much water... -- Bruce -- -- Bruce L. Bergman, Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) CA - Desktop Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700 5737 Kanan Rd. #359, Agoura CA 91301 (818) 889-9545 Spamtrapped address: Remove the python and the invalid, and use a net. |
On 8 Jan 2005 09:05:43 -0800, "RBW" wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion, Gerry. The pump is not working at all and if the machine is not worth the $20 or so for a new pump, I probably need to look elsewhere for a different wet stone. Any suggestions? Someone else suggested setting up near a sink and running a drip from a water source onto the stone and draining the waste. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
you can get a cheap fountain pump from a hardware store, or you can just use
a coffee can with a pin hole in it (that's really cheap) "Gerald Miller" wrote in message ... On 8 Jan 2005 09:05:43 -0800, "RBW" wrote: Thanks for the suggestion, Gerry. The pump is not working at all and if the machine is not worth the $20 or so for a new pump, I probably need to look elsewhere for a different wet stone. Any suggestions? Someone else suggested setting up near a sink and running a drip from a water source onto the stone and draining the waste. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
yes, the filter does plug up. I decided to get an old windshield washer pump from a car and rigged that into a little wall wart universal power supply which puts out the 12v to run it. I used an old plastic reservoir for windshield washer fluid although any receptacle will do. I then ran some tubing by drilling a hole in the back of the top for the water spray over the wheel. There are two drain return lines on either side of the little plastic bucket they give you. I removed the bucket, put a couple of pieces of tygon tubing into those drain nipples, and ran those into a y fitting used for air hose. the remaining single line can be run into the washer reservoir, or you can run it into a sink if you keep refilling your reservoir when it runs out. Reservoir should be below the level of drain lines. don paolino "RBW" wrote in message ups.com... Gerald Miller wrote: On 6 Jan 2005 09:43:19 -0800, "RBW" wrote: Does anyone have any experience repairing a Wen Wet Stone Machine? Mine has stopped putting water on the stone as it revolves. The stone runs fine but because of its speed, it needs to have water put on it to be most effective. Thanks RBW I gave up on mine after a half dozen uses about twenty years ago. IIRC there is a sintered bronze filter on the pick up tube which quickly clogs with rusted grindings and the small diaphragm pump is operated much too fast to be effective. The guides are flimsy and poorly designed. A total waste of space. You might try running a salt and vinegar solution through it. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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