Thread: Diamond plates

Originally Posted by JOB15

Save up your money and treat yourself to a Shapton diamond plate, you won't regret it.

They are hideously expensive (anything from 330 US to 380 US) and once worked in become quite slow - DMTs are far cheaper and more aggressive. Atomas are far cheaper and even more aggressive. The biggest thing the DGLP (or whatever they call it) has got going for it is the deep grooves in it that mean it does not stick as much as the other two, and once the diamonds are past their best you can use it with lapping grits so get some more life out of it.

A secondary benefit is that it is really trued-up, more QC than DMT for instance. But then again, all the DMTs I have had and the Atomas I have had have been plenty true enough.

I have one (DGLP) - I have not got round to using with lapping grit yet, but it has been 'put to one side' as the DMTs and Atomas do its job more effectively Besides, it grit is a lowly 325 from what I can make out.

Regards,
Neil