Thread: Diamond lapping film-new source

Seraphim...

Any chance next time you sharpen a razor with the film you could snap some pics and post the way your setups look...

that would be awesome.

Coming Soon... has the film for less than five bucks sheet.

Looks great--$3.50 for 8.5"x11"! Only thing is they're PSA--is that hard to get perfectly flat on glass w/o a roller or no? Also, they don't have 3 um--would jumping from 5 to 1 work?

Originally Posted by CraigJ

Coming Soon... has the film for less than five bucks sheet.

That is aluminum oxide sheets, no?

The Thorlabs site has 10 sheets for $13, $1.30 a sheet.

Anyone UK side wants to try this stuff I have some spare sheets after buying the 5 packs of 3 and 1um. Worked out at £7.50 a sheet with the vat and shipping so that's what I'll let it go for. PM if interested.

A friend at a very large nearby technical school just contacted me to let me know that he found a very dusty box which contained a fiber termination kit. The kit had several sheets of varying grades of film in it. I'll have some in my hands tonight, since no one is using/needing the film they have.

Gotta go find a small sheet of glass and some rubber feet.

Update:
I got home to find six sheets of lapping film waiting for me. Unfortunately, there's a gap in the sizes which may prevent me from using them. I received 2 sheets each of 15um, 3um and .3um. Looks like I'll need to try to find at least some 5um before I can really plan to try to use these.

Okay, I've officially joined the party! Picked up a 9x6 piece of plate glass from a glass shop ($10)--they even threw in rubber feet for free--and ordered the 6,3,1,0.5um diamond film from PSIDragon (type A). Just waiting on the films. Then I can "discipline" my TI!

Does anyone know how long they usually take before they ship?

Originally Posted by Strapped-4-Cache

A friend at a very large nearby technical school just contacted me to let me know that he found a very dusty box which contained a fiber termination kit. The kit had several sheets of varying grades of film in it. I'll have some in my hands tonight, since no one is using/needing the film they have.

Gotta go find a small sheet of glass and some rubber feet.

Update:
I got home to find six sheets of lapping film waiting for me. Unfortunately, there's a gap in the sizes which may prevent me from using them. I received 2 sheets each of 15um, 3um and .3um. Looks like I'll need to try to find at least some 5um before I can really plan to try to use these.

Diamond cuts remarkably fast. You can probably use it as-is, even with those big gaps. Might as well try it!

Oh heck. I've just ordered some to give it a try. At least it's cheaper than a set of Shaptons!

So Seraphim, just how many shares of stock do you own in this stuff?


By the way, if you glue a set of them to some rocks, I'm sure Jimmy will buy a full set too!

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Diamond cuts remarkably fast. You can probably use it as-is, even with those big gaps. Might as well try it!

Looks like you're right. I've had a Temperite that I found over a year ago that is in need of new scales because the originals shrunk. Shame, because the scales are a nice, clear amber color. With a change in jobs and personal time at a premium I haven't had time to work on it. I figured it couldn't hurt to try improving the edge since it appeared to have a decent edge at one time.

I spent just a short time progressing through the grits and was amazed that I was able to get a shave-ready edge on this thing. If the third pin in the scales didn't prevent the razor from opening to 270* instead of just 180* I'd take it for a test drive tomorrow morning.

For someone that's never attempted honing before I was pretty surprised at how quickly the edge developed.

I went to work on a DA that I just received from Stamps222 full of confidence, but found that getting and edge on that razor will take a bit more time. Still, it's something I can work on at my desk during my lunch breaks if I want. A footed glass bed and the sheets take up little space, and are extremely portable.

Thanks for posting the information for this alternative to traditional hones. I may never have had the financial ability to try my hand at it any other way.

- Mark (S-4-C)