I've been playing around with some different materials on making my own hone/whetstone. The abrasive is a fine silica/quartz fine grade foundry sand. I'm quite pleased with the results so I thought I would share some pictures for you guys.
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I've been playing around with some different materials on making my own hone/whetstone. The abrasive is a fine silica/quartz fine grade foundry sand. I'm quite pleased with the results so I thought I would share some pictures for you guys.
how did ya do it??
what is the approx grit???
comeon... spill the beans...
I've thought about doing the same thing before except using high grade garnet sand.
Very interested to know how you did this.
Make something like this out of Crox, and you may have a very nice finishing stone.
That is a very cool looking hone. Making hones is a finicky process I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into it.
Charlie
Thanks guys. Yeah it really has been a learning experience and I'm definitely going to keep at it until I have the process down to a T.
xMackx
Do you fire these stones in a kiln. I can't imagine anything ceramic in nature staying together without being fired to fuse the molecules together. Water usually breaks down refractories if they have not been fired in a kiln.
Jerry
Yeah, I'm thinking Kiln myself...curious about it....Looks gritty, 1k or less maybe...Hmmmm?
Very cool looking....Like a big bar of soap....