Thread: Newbie Tip: Norton lapping/honing/glazing

atm i use 320 grit sandpaper. i tried using higher grit (ie 1000) but the surface felt no smoother and i had problems clogging the stone.

i'm looking into getting a dmt stone as my collection of stones grows

The directions that came with my norton 4k/8k hone said to lap it either with their lapping stone or 600 grit wet/dry. I found the norton needed frequent lapping both to keep it even, and to expose fresh abrasive. Anytime I noticed it getting really slow I could fix it by giving it a few laps on 600 wet/dry. I'm glad I got rid of it. The Norton is an all around aggravating stone to use.

Question: do you lap with your Norton wet or dry?

Same way you hone with it, otherwise the 4k side will suck water and grit into the pores of the hone and promptly clog it again. I usually lapped mine right before starting a honing session.

Originally Posted by mparker762

Same way you hone with it, otherwise the 4k side will suck water and grit into the pores of the hone and promptly clog it again. I usually lapped mine right before starting a honing session.

Might be part of the reason Bill Ellis uses a little rottenstone to start off a 4k session.

Very nice hijack though! If any newbies are dropping in MParker's comments on learning a new stone are very important to understand and accept. It seems to me every stone requires an important learning curve, particularly about the speed.

I would say that every stone requires a perfect stroke but the point is very valid, the faster the stone the worse it will react to an imperfect stroke.

I also lap my Norton wet and right before a honing session. The logic behind that seems too intuitive to ignore.

It's not really a hijack -- this is all very apropos to the subject. Someone might consider looking into the Shapton line of stones should the Norton prove troublesome. I personally like to know my alternative options.

Call me stupid, but I never realized that Shapton had both a Pro and a GlassStone series. $280 for a #30,000 stone seems far more reasonable -- with it being somewhat of a luxury item in the first place.

what exactly is a glazed stone? An over lapped stone?

Stone that is loaded up with steel, oil, and skin . A loaded stone doesn't cut for poopy...

I am currently trying to restore a #14 Filarmonica Doble Temple that I picked up on eBay. I'm using hard and black Arkansas stones, and having no discernible success. I have had success with a Genco and a C-mon using the same stones. Is there something about the Filarmonica. Also, how can I tell when to move to a finer grit, eg. from the hard Arkansas to the black? Thanks.
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