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Flatening a stone with diamond hones

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callega

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I did that witha barber hione and a CH12k. But works with Coticules also.
Its a chinese diamond sharpening stone

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Its eay to see where the stone has problems
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callega said:
They are inxpensive and work well..:p
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How much is inexpensive? I've got a Silkstone that needs lapping badly and a CF that could do with a touch up.
 
Hi Rhys, they are available in some import stores and on the 'bay.
350217225722 for an instance.
I have had to rub them together with a fine grit wet/dry abrasive paper a couple strokes to get the occasional large chunks off. also, do not let them soak in water. That will release some of the glue holding the plate to the plastic substrate.
Another diamond plate I have found useful is like these:
250552001988
I do know that they all are best used under running water or flushed every few strokes in running water, and if not, they will lose the diamond due to hone swarf/slurry cutting through the nickle plating holding the diamond grit.
How do I know. I have a stack of smooth diamond hones and warped ones from the plastic!!:blush:
Cheers mate!
~Richard
 
Rhys, they are about 6 quid for 3, coarse, medium, and fine in a set, if you cant find any let me know and I can get them from our local market on a Tuesday

I use the same ones, and as Richard says, they work best under a slow running tap

Best regards
Ralfson (Dr)
 
LOL I've been using ones like that which I bought for my chisels I think they are just the job.
 
If used on steel, diamond plates hate pression. They loose parts of diamond.
Light pression.. Allways..
 
And if you are concerned about the "flexing" of the hone, then you may do the same as is done with Coticules... Glue it to a backing.
A 2x6 block of wood should do... but first coat the block the same as is done with wooden scales to make it waterproof.
 
Catching up, I just wanted to say that, while these cheap hones from some nameless factory in China may work, I'd probably find myself just using sandpaper if I wanted cheap. When I started honing, I took pride in discovering that DMT makes their hones in a factory not far from where I lived at the time--and they did so with pride in being passionate, skilled American workers. It's reminiscent of what drew me to coticules in the first place. Interestingly, I believe DMT has a refund policy that bears some similarity to Ardennes-Coticule's.
 
Well, got a pack of three diamond plate thingies from Barnitts in York - £7.99.
Just lapped my Cambrock Silkstone and by heck it needed it. Washing up bowl was full of sludge by the time I finished lol. Both sides had a large dish in the middle and now perfectly flat.
I also tentatively lapped my Charnley Forest which wasn't too bad but since it must be about 1/4" thick (maybe less) at one end I went easy. That's now lovely and flat as well. B)
 
May I suggest that you take each of the stones with another, wet and face, to face and do a few figure "8" laps. That to assure the stones are really flat. If you do the well known cross hatching with a pencil first, you will soon know for sure! It is possible to have a near flat stone with those cheap plates. They are not perfectly flat. They are very good to remove a lot of cupping and hollowing. I have seen what some folks used for straight razor hones and I am in awe of their ability to use warped and dished hones. Their razor, their hone, and their style must have worked for them! I think, on occasion, that we tend to over-think a simple problem.. I know that I do.
Just my two cents. Have Fun!
~Richard
 
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