Thread: My Apache broke :(

Originally Posted by Wolfpack34

Bummer Shane! That is (was?) a nice little stone. BUT...you still have your Eschers and that lovely 'La Lune' that is a real gem. So just remember Shane the best advice I can give you is.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdEMERq8MA

Thanks buddy- I really am liking that La Lune. I think this will be back in working order after it cures up.

Originally Posted by Utopian

By "he," did you mean Richard or me?

Richard, sorry for the confusion

Originally Posted by Geezer

For the idea, I have to thank many folks. I have glued barber hones and some naturals. Extra thin CA was my adhesive of choice when the material fit back together very closely. It takes more than one application; for one bond, I used fine wet dry sandpaper as the last ca application of ca was setting and it filled the bond edges. Wet sanded afterward with 600-1K- barber hone wet. It will discolor some stones but has not hurt any edge I've honed on it. This stone is less than a quarter inch thick.

OK good.
It seems pretty obvious "he" is Richard.

Never used it for a hone but, anybody use Gorilla glue on one? So far, I've used it to glue back together a pair of boots that was separating an a dishwasher assembly that broke. So far so good!


Mike

I don't know if that would be a good idea - that stuff expands as it cures/dries, might push the joint apart enough to cause a nasty click or drag while honing. It also frequently forms bubbles in the dried glue.

Agreed. Don't use Gorilla glue for hones. It was recommended to me years ago and I used it to join to sides of a coticle. It cracked fairly soon after the glue-up.

Go to Walmart and purchase a delrin cutting board, rough the surface you are going to glue the stone to after cutting it to size with a miter saw or hack saw.I did this on a ark I broke years ago and used it for a very long time before giving it away to a friend.

Originally Posted by mglindo

Never used it for a hone but, anybody use Gorilla glue on one? So far, I've used it to glue back together a pair of boots that was separating an a dishwasher assembly that broke. So far so good!


Mike

Gorilla glue expands into cracks . That's kinda its thing, I wouldn't use it on a hone. Cheers , -CAM-

OK, no Gorilla glue for hones! But the stuff is growing on me. Strong stuff.


Mike

It can be put in a mold and poor into a a GIPS - Ri gips or plastificant de Paris it is caled in USA . The natural , and the fine hones qcrack very easily . I have a coticule that cracs during the lapping process . They have to be treated very carefuly .
I think , that the Apachee hone looks amasing , almost sure ,that it works briliant . If you broke one buy another , you will use the broken as nagura or slury stones.
Unfortunately those hones are not avaible here in EU .