Replacement Wheel for Tormek

Re: Replacement Wheel for Tormek

TDaniel

>Jack, do not try the waterstone wheel as a replacement. I have one and do not like it at all. There is a pink wheel available and someone was going to order one and try it but I do not remember who it was. The pink wheel is available from England and I would like to know about it also because I need a new one too. I agree, the $129 sounds like a rip-off to me.

Re: Replacement Wheel for Tormek

Joel Hunnicutt

>I think the pink wheel is from Peter Child. I've heard several people talk about it, but never heard of anyone using it. I've also heard to stay away from the waterstone. Just out of curiosity, how long have you been sharpening to get to 210? I've used mine for about 2 years and am down to 235.

Re: Replacement Wheel for Tormek

Bill Hale / The Wood Spinner

>Hi Jack

Something to consider. I have heard that there are two types of wet wheels. The Tormec is OK to be left in the water. I read, somewhere, that there are cheaper versions but they must be out of the water when not in use.

This is just in my recall and I am not positive that this is a fact.

Good turning and be safe

Bill

Re: Replacement Wheel for Tormek *LINK*

Mike Swain

>Hi all,

I use a pink wheel in my Tormek and I'm very pleased with it. Compared with the original grey wheel it cuts quicker and appears to wear better.

Although I have not done any testing, I feel I would get a sharper edge from the OEM grey stone simply because the stone is made up of a finer grit, but the edge I get from the pink stone is good enough for my turning needs.

My pink stone came from Peter Child here in the UK and yes, it was a fair bit cheaper.

There is a new "blue" stone available in the UK, these are the same size as the Tormek and are fitted to Scheppach's version of the Tormek. Although the stone is blue in colour I'm not sure if it's Microcrystalline like the blue stones that fit smaller dry type bench grinders. When asked the suppliers didn't have the make up of the stone.

With regard to leaving stones immersed in water, I wouldn't think any of the stones that fit the Tormek should be left in water for any length of time.




Peter Child pink wheels

Re: Replacement Wheel for Tormek

Jack Freeman

>Joel:

I have only been turning for 1 year, have had the Tormek since I started, I have made all the normal rookie mistakes and have ground and reshaped several bowl gouges. I do not use the Trueing Tool, I had all kinds of problems keeping it from grinding into the wheel so I ordered a had held diamond tool. Is that what has caused my premature aging of the wheel? Let me know what you would advise, do I need to go back to the Tormek Trueing Tool?

Thanks

Jack Freeman

Re: Replacement Wheel for Tormek

Joel Hunnicutt

>I use the truing tool every couple of months or so. I thing it is easier if you don't have to remove so much at a time. I set the truing tool at the lowest point on the stone (usually the middle) and bring the rest down to it. I find that it only takes 10 min or so to true is up. Gouges are the big offender for dishing out the wheel so I try to move around on the wheel for even wear. I would think that if you used that much of the wheel in a year, you should change back to the tormek truing jig.