Thread: Interesting Blog about Edge Development.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

I don’t think it is so much revealing a problem, that SEM edge photos show, but the effects of technique and honing practices, like different grits and types stones, stropping and polishing with paste have on an edge, that are most illuminating.

Locating issues, causes and repairs, are still left to the interpretation of the viewer. We see that all the time here, at much lower resolution where members, see different issues and offer varied solutions.

In some ways is it much like a Dyno, the car that produces the most torque or horsepower, does not always win the race, but it does tell the builders if they are headed in the right direction.

Well in that case, I'll continue to rely on my thumb pad test - it's the one I automatically use before any other - and the one that tells me when to put the hones away.

Originally Posted by UKRob

Well in that case, I'll continue to rely on my thumb pad test - it's the one I automatically use before any other - and the one that tells me when to put the hones away.

Well, some of us have to work on calibrating our thumb pads.

Or for those in the position I'm in, with the calloused and dead nerve endings of a mechanic, calibrating that soft meat between the thumb knuckle and joint that can still feel things.

We still need our magnification.

Originally Posted by Marshal

Well, some of us have to work on calibrating our thumb pads.

Or for those in the position I'm in, with the calloused and dead nerve endings of a mechanic, calibrating that soft meat between the thumb knuckle and joint that can still feel things.

We still need our magnification.

Quite right - as a retired accountant, my left thumb has much the same acuity as when I was born. It really is a very accurate assessment of when the bevel is OK - and, conversely when it's not. However, I'm sure that your acquired engineering skills give you advantages over me in other ways.