Thread: Flattening a stone

What kind of stone is it?

Mac

Its an Escher

I suggest taking a wash cloth and fold it until, when placed beneath the thinner part of the stone, it gives you a level surface.

It will absorb excess water as well.

I wouldn't waste any of the Escher

You can make or have someone make a wooden, plastic or stone… “shim” (or wedge shaped filler) for it… the shim when placed in the holder at the bottom of the stone would make the top level, you may glue the shim to the hone if you like or just place the shim under it when you ready to hone… don’t waste the grits.

Back in the old days they would make a custom wooden box with the inside cut to match the unfinished side of the hone.

I also have a hone that is tilted, albeit only slightly. It is a Nakayama which is mounted on a piece of wood. When I water the stone, the water slowly flows to one side of the hone. To correct the problem, I put a strip of rubberized shelf liner along the low side. "Viola"

I also think you should not waste any part of your stone if you can help it. Give it some thought and don't make any rash decisions like I usually do !!! Good luck with your stone and post your remedy..... Jerry

Originally Posted by IsaacRN

Thats exactly what I mean. Perhaps somehting like a vice grip would work.

I grew up on a farm. Vice grips were used to a lot of things in lieu of getting around to welding. Despite this intimate and extensive knowledge of vice grips, I have no freaking clue how a vice grip would be used to solve this problem.

Originally Posted by rayman

+1 on what Utopian said. I had a situation like this, but it was created by the surface I was placing the holder on. I just took a paper towel and folded it twice and put it under one side of the holder, and the stone was level. No big deal. I wouldn't waste any of the natural stone just to make it sit level. Next time you have to lap it, start to level it then. Eventually it will be where you want it. Just my .02.

Ray

Sorry, I disagree. If you have the surface lapped FLAT, you're done. Don't do any sort of extra lapping to make it level. That wastes perfectly good stone, and some of those suckers are expensive!

Folllow Utopian's advice. NO visegrips and NO more lapping.

As he said, you're done......... JERRY

Allow me to be the first to offer a bid of $10 for that stone with which you are having such great difficulty......
If it's a brown escher, I'll boost that bid to $12.

Let me know. jerry

I'm with Utopian, when the hone is flat you are finished. It doesn't matter if one side is thicker than the other, and no vice grips. Either compensate with your honing strokes or prop something under it. I don't see where it would be an issue to hone on it the way it is. Hold it in your hand when you hone. Sometimes I thing in our search for perfection we miss the forest for the trees. Remember where the rubber meets the road. In the end that's all that matters.