Thread: Out of Shape Norton

Originally Posted by mrsell63

I have near 40 razor hones and I never received any that were that severely "out of flat".

Freshly manufactured hones nowadays should be finished on Blanchard type diamond bit grinders and should never be that much out of flat. I would contact Norton and lodge a complaint w/photos.

Jerry

Yeah, sent in a complaint yesterday(Saturday), and probably won't hear from then till sometime next week.

Well, it been a few days, and haven't heard anything from Norton Abrasives, but I did call Lee Valley. THey are going to get a courrier to pick up the 220/1k stone, and the guy that I was talking to said he didn't care much for the flattening stone. I told him that I even had to flatten the flattening stone. Anyway, he is going to take it back also. The sweet thing is is that he is going to get a courrier to come get the stones, and have a 1k shipped to me. Anyway, just wanted to spread some good cheer, seeing that it is Christmas..... .....Bah Humbug
PS: I just had to add, I heard back from Norton Abrasives, and they are going to send me a new 4k stone for my troubles. I am surprised, because that usually doesn't happen to me. So there you go. Sometimes it pays to complain..........er I mean point out flaws to a manufacturer.

Originally Posted by scaredstraight

Well, it been a few days, and haven't heard anything from Norton Abrasives, but I did call Lee Valley. THey are going to get a courrier to pick up the 220/1k stone, and the guy that I was talking to said he didn't care much for the flattening stone. I told him that I even had to flatten the flattening stone. Anyway, he is going to take it back also. The sweet thing is is that he is going to get a courrier to come get the stones, and have a 1k shipped to me. Anyway, just wanted to spread some good cheer, seeing that it is Christmas..... .....Bah Humbug
PS: I just had to add, I heard back from Norton Abrasives, and they are going to send me a new 4k stone for my troubles. I am surprised, because that usually doesn't happen to me. So there you go. Sometimes it pays to complain..........er I mean point out flaws to a manufacturer.

Bought a used "Mint condition" Swaty stone off eBay a month or so ago. I lapped it with 220-400 carbide wet-dry paper on a five dollar piece of granite I bought at Home Depot at the advice of one of the "old timers" on another board. I ran a six inch machinist's straight edge across it and it was flat enough that light was blocked out which, IIRC brings the surface level/variation under 10 thousandths. I marked approx 1/2 CM grid on the face of the stone and lapped it until it was clean, took about ten-fifteen minutes. Mostly I just wanted the old/embedded steel off the hone.

I bought one of those Norton stones too, never thought to check it. Thanks for this. And I was nicely ensconced in my man space in front of the big screen, too.

Wow, that was quick. Gave my info to Norton Abrasives on Friday, and just received my 4k stone this morning. Just a bit of lapping to do, and it is good to go.

I have to admit, that Norton was pretty bad. I've done quite a bit of lapping, and actually bought a DMT XX, which is wonderful for that purpose......but I think it would have shied away from that Norton. They are good hones once you get the top layer off.

I had a king come from leevalley for christmas it was perfectly flat out of the box, I thought it was strange and good at the same time.