Wen Wet Stone Machine

Jan 06, 2005 7 Replies

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

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...

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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

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