Thread: Do It Yourself

Hello Everyone,

I thought I would share this story with you tonight. Last weekend I took my family to the Great Falls just a few miles north of D.C. As we were exploring the area I notices a sign that said "Bedrock" and it told the history of the river and how it came about. I was more interested in the bedrock and it's potential. Normally bedrock is buried about 40 to 50 feet under ground and there's no way to access it. After an hour of searching I found exactly what I was looking for, a rock that I could work. I took it home and went straight to work and after about 7 hrs of sanding and polishing I'm starting to get some amazing results with it. The rock is extremely hard and produces a very fine white slurry that turns into a fine powder when dry. The rock doesn't drink water and a slurry lasts about 6 to 8 minutes. I took the blade in the picture from dull to sharper than a C12 stone in just two slurry's. It has a couple of blemishes but they'll come out in due time. Just goes to show, you never know what you might come across. Good Night.

Blimey. 7 hours? Is it made out of diamonds? Good work. Just guessing hard sandstone perhaps?

Did it produce any swarf?

It's Bedrock, I'm not sure what exactly makes up Bedrock.

there are a couple of rock hounds around
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ver-there.html

The slurry did change color, from white to a light greyish color. I guess it did produce swarf.

Now that's pretty cool. Good job man!