Thread: Sanding corners of DMT

Seems to be a common problem.I hit the corners of all of mine on the bench grinder fine stone.Best regards gary

If you're talking about a small divot I took the shank of a screw driver and ran it hard around the edges on mine. If it is a defect in the manufacturing of the plate see #4 in the FAQ here. I sent my D8C and my D8F back a week ago. Checking them with my straight edge I found they are not flat. Both had a slight camber in them. The C worse then the F but both are just paperweights AFAIC. I'll see what I get back from them and let y'all know.

Hey all,

I have found one of the corners on my DMT DC8 seems a little high as i have only lapped my Norton 4000/8000 on it once and that corner has worn down! not sure what to do about it. getting my shapton 16000 this week so hope it wont interfere with lapping that!

Cheers Mark

Originally Posted by Fraserazor

Hey all,

I have found one of the corners on my DMT DC8 seems a little high as i have only lapped my Norton 4000/8000 on it once and that corner has worn down! not sure what to do about it. getting my shapton 16000 this week so hope it wont interfere with lapping that!

Cheers Mark

The corners of the DMT or the Norton?

Originally Posted by joke1176

The corners of the DMT or the Norton?

Hi, Its one of the corners on my DMT, cheers

Just to make sure, you have a corner of the DMT that you lapped down, and now the base metal is being abraded by the hone as you lap?

If that's the case, and it's only a small part of the corner, I would just sand/file it below the level of the diamonds so it doesn't contact the hone during lapping.

However, if it's a large portion, that would be really ugly. You could still knock it down, but it would look pretty shabby.

Yes, I have lapped my norton combo and it seems one of the corners on the DMT has worn down! Cheers