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12-07-2006, 01:48 PM #1
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12-07-2006, 01:52 PM #2
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Thanked: 346Home Depot. It cost about $1.50 or so for a 1 ft square tile.
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12-07-2006, 09:21 PM #3
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Thanked: 0I'll put in a plug for the marble + sandpaper approach. Works great and the price is right.
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12-07-2006, 10:04 PM #4
Would it work well to cut one of those tiles down to 3"x12" and contact cement on some leather for a bench hone?
Seems it would be a nice stable/flat base for such.
-Geoff
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12-07-2006, 10:28 PM #5
Geoff, check out my gallery. Mine was made with a piece of marble that I got gratis (thanks Jason ). Actually the pic doesn't do it justice. It's exactly as you described with three qualifications:
1) Use a dough roller after you attach the surfaces to evenly distribute the adhesive
2) Press it flat with a flat surface and a heavy weight
3) Leave it like that overnight to cure
I used a small amount of chromium oxide abrasive powder that came from Randy (thanks Randy ) mixed with strop dressing that I got from Tony M. You can also use a 50/50 mix of lanolin and glycerin.
With the investment of materials and labor, it's cheaper/easier to just get a ready-made one from Tony, but I like fiddling with things.
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12-07-2006, 10:47 PM #6
Thanks for the info and pic.
I wanted two seperate bench hones; figure I will order some abrasive pastes and leather from handamerican.
I have free access to a tile saw and the tiles are apparently only a couple buck. I think I can come out pretty cheap this way.
Not a huge savings by any means but I too like building stuff so what the heck
Nice to see it worked for someone else!
I plan on picking up two of the tiles; one to chop into 3" strips and a second for use in lapping with sand paper.
I will glue the leather and then place the flat side of the second tile on top with weights. Provides a nice flat surface to compress the glue/leather overnight.