Thread: Honeing on just water

Is totally Rubed at this point,But have had this idea for awhile now.Your thoughts?
I hate breaking cadence to spray down my hone.
I feel that when one is honeing on water only as I do when finishing,one still creates a small amt. of slurry,maybe it do's not matter,maybe it do's.
Obviously needs to be made more stable and lower profile,am going to wire in a foot switch to activate the pump when honing on slurry.
Also want to experiment with other water mixed cutting fluids such as used with diamond faceting machines.
Total cost $9.95 + tax for a filtered Aquarium pump includes tubing and regulator valve,you can make it a steady stream or a drip (reminds me of when I was Young
Just the rambilings of a semi-retired old guy with not alot to do.

I like the idea, it's great. But I think that a constant flow of water will make it difficult to see how the blade cuts the water while honing.

Seems cool to me. No experience, means no opinion on functionality. This is just me, saying it seems smart. Thanks for posting!

Originally Posted by Zephyr

I like the idea, it's great. But I think that a constant flow of water will make it difficult to see how the blade cuts the water while honing.

The flow can be regulated with the valve to just drips,whereby you can sort of drag some water down the stone with the blade.
Granted, seeing how the blade moves the water is critical in the intial honeing stages,do you feel it is in the final stages? should in the perfect world be perfectally set by then.Thx for your thoughts.

I really like your idea and concepts on this Bill. That is what you call good old fashioned ingenuity. It is amazing what one can do when even thinking just a little out of the box. I especially would like to see what become of your experiments with other water cutting fluids. At times when I get to the final polishing stages I go to the sink and have a steady stream of water running while I complete my strokes. It seems, especially on the harder blades that even a micro can impede final edge progress. The flowing water seems to help clear it away. As much as it perhaps goes against logic and rules for honing you may even consider a slight angle on the hone at the water feed side. Or perhaps an adjuster so that if you should increase water flow you can increase angle and movement of water simultaneously. It would wash away and replenish a clean surface as you are in motion. I'm not sure if that makes sense but it sounds good Best Regards Ken

I hate to be the dark horse in the room, but how does this improve over just spraying the hone with water when needed?

You have a point there, most likley not much difference but definately a cooler way to get the same job done, right?.


Of course I was referring to Bill’s idea/concept as cooler. In all seriousness, I realize that me running the faucet over the stones is certainly no epiphany. Best Regards Ken

Originally Posted by Disburden

I hate to be the dark horse in the room, but how does this improve over just spraying the hone with water when needed?

Not a dark horse at all.The thought is to flush the stone,not just wet it.
Am just thinking outside the box,even at the highest grit levels your removing metal,perhaps on a microscopic level.This idea may get relegated to the trash bin,just something to fiddle around with.
I do want to try differant lubricants also.is alot of space age stuff out there that has improved machining alot.

That is pretty cool. It is not something I see myself doing, I use a small pitcher that was made to pour a drop of water into a glass of single malt scotch. I just keep water in it all of the time. Has "The Macallan" painted on it. Anyway, it is people like you who keep the ball rolling with new ideas and inventions. Left to me we wouldn't even have the wheel. I think it is a great idea and I never would have thought of it if I lived to be a hundred ..... only 37 more years.

Thank you,your the same age as I,I just have fun doing dumb S$$t stuff.
If people did not try things off the wall,we would all being using straight razors (DOH)