Thread: Jende Marble and Granite Sharpening Stone Basins

Hey, that pic posted by JimR reminds me a lot of my cube, except my cube is minus life, industry, soul, and shibui.

Originally Posted by zib

That would be the one. Actually, I have a friend here in Jacksonville Fl. (not many since I'm not from here) that does Marble, Granite etc...he always has large scrap pieces. I'm betting that could be easily made. One large scrap piece and carbide or diamond tipped end mill.

I wonder if Marble or Granite can be cut with a CNC? I'm thinking Yes...

They cut synthetic sapphire for watch xtls with a laser so...

The same kind of stuff goes on in the woodworking world. It's usually touted by a few fans as "you have to buy this stuff, or the vendor won't be around". Sort of like the Maine made thing in maine, you're a sinner if you don't open the wallet regardless of the price.

I'm sure the granite can be cut easily with diamond tooling (i'd be curious how they make the plunge cut, but I'm sure there's tooling for it), but a corian scrap version of that thing would make more sense (actually, what would make more sense would be a pack of two stainless steel serving trays from Sams and a rubber toolbox mat roll from harbor freight for about $15 combined).

I browsed through the site and thought some of the stuff was interesting (knowing that a lot of the sale items are intended for knife users, which means a pretty large crop of beginners to harvest from), but this cracked me up:

http://www.jendeindustries.com/41-st...z.html?Itemid=

"Kangaroo Strops by Ken Schwartz
Some say it's better than leather! Available in a variety of sizes to meet your needs. "

Some say it's better than leather. Others realize that....it's leather.

If you can get $50 to glue a piece of leather to 1/4" glass, then by all means, you can certainly laugh all the way to the bank at my cynicism.

Diamond saws are the usual means to cut stone of all types. lasers are for precision cutting. It's used for watch xtls because the diamond saws introduce micro fractures in the xtl which isn't good especially for a diving watch. They also have a variety of lapidary tools which can do any kind of cut your heart desires. They have automated grinding machines which is how they make spheres and such.

Originally Posted by DaveW

The same kind of stuff goes on in the woodworking world. It's usually touted by a few fans as "you have to buy this stuff, or the vendor won't be around". Sort of like the Maine made thing in maine, you're a sinner if you don't open the wallet regardless of the price.

I'm sure the granite can be cut easily with diamond tooling (i'd be curious how they make the plunge cut, but I'm sure there's tooling for it), but a corian scrap version of that thing would make more sense (actually, what would make more sense would be a pack of two stainless steel serving trays from Sams and a rubber toolbox mat roll from harbor freight for about $15 combined).

I browsed through the site and thought some of the stuff was interesting (knowing that a lot of the sale items are intended for knife users, which means a pretty large crop of beginners to harvest from), but this cracked me up:

http://www.jendeindustries.com/41-st...z.html?Itemid=

"Kangaroo Strops by Ken Schwartz
Some say it's better than leather! Available in a variety of sizes to meet your needs. "

Some say it's better than leather. Others realize that....it's leather.

If you can get $50 to glue a piece of leather to 1/4" glass, then by all means, you can certainly laugh all the way to the bank at my cynicism.

you are not the only one that feels that way, there are many out there

I'm happy with my rag and stone.

On the other hand, it is much cooler than the Shapton Pond:


All a bit too clinical for naturals in my opinion, think I need to start modifying tea trays and selling them for use with jnat's:

Making those would actualy be real easy,they are not made using lasers.diamonds or CNC stuff,they are blasted,Make a steel template,get a pce of jade,granite,whatever.
Take it to a tombstone maker,they do not hand engrave them anymore,they use a sandblaster with a carbide silica media,you could do that at home.