Stone storage is those 12"x 4" x 5" tall, narrow Tupperware containers...one stone per container and a drop of Dawn detergent. I clean the water out when I do the hide glue pots (weekly or whenever a student is stationary without a tool or work in-hand (I use only one stone - the Norton 8000 - on a routine basis, but the 4000 is handy for prep work on tools). The stone holder is 13" x 16" x 1/2" ply with 3/4" square edge and lower lip tacked onto the ply, then slathered in two coats of West System 105/205 marine epoxy. The supports are then tacked onto the ply with galvanized brads with a couple dots of clear RTV silicone to seal that joint. The diamond stone sits on the sharpening station anti-slip pad, and is the other stone in the two stone system we use for routine edge maintenance. I'll sometimes use the setup on the main woodworking bench for demos, but usually at the sharpening station behind the go-bar deck,
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Still leak free after 20 plus years. Every six months or so, I grab it and scrub down in the sink in the laundry room...think it might be about due.
With students and other luthiers in the shop 4-5 days a week, it's not feasible to set up then break down for routine edge maintenance, so I dedicate about 10 sf to the job, but will likely move and slightly enlarge the area to colocate the other grinder (1725 rpm with CBN wheels) with the Tormek. Getting all the little stuff up on tool boards over the work surface helps, and I'll be able to do that with the move across the shop to the current dead space behind the cyclone.