Thread: 6th Annual Mile High Madness Meet - Denver Colorado

I'll be bringing a Chosera. We can actually do all of our testing with two stones as we only need 3 surfaces. Two to test the 2 surface method, and then a third to get those back to flat after the test.


Edit; Doh! We do need three stone as there is no way to lap two surfaces of the same stone against each other.

I've got three pieces of marble tile the same size that we can use with SiC that I will also bring, instead of grinding away our Choseras.

I can bring a norton combo. 220/1k and a norton flatening stone if that helps.

I was thinking the Norton or even the King 1k's would be best to do the tests with since they are quite soft and we won't be at it all day

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I was thinking the Norton or even the King 1k's would be best to do the tests with since they are quite soft and we won't be at it all day

I'm going to try to scare up a prize for the person who can keep two hones flat while rubbing them against one another. We really only need two stones as there is no question that the three stone system makes flat stones.

If we start with two flat stones I don't think it will take long for them to start dishing and crowning.

The Kings are the softest, ie; The easiest

I have one of the 8 inch Hones and will bring it along...

I did an experiment with two pieces of marble tile and 80 grit SiC, to see what kind of time frame we might be looking at. I started with lightly lapped pieces and the changes to the contours was painfully slow. Unless the changes happen faster with real hones, starting with flat hones I think will be too slow to do at the meet.