Hi guys I have a real stupid question for you all-
Is a flattening stone what you use for lapping stones?
Thanks in advance
Tony
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Hi guys I have a real stupid question for you all-
Is a flattening stone what you use for lapping stones?
Thanks in advance
Tony
It is what you are told to use and can use! Most here use a DMT 325 as it is more reliably flat! Sometimes you have to lap your flattening stone!
OK so a dmt 325 is best then?
What about a naniwa 220 grit lapping plate?
Whatever gets the job done - a bit of 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper on a flat surface is also a popular lapping tool. There's no "best" really, just whatever works at your budget. I think most guys like the DMT because it is relatively inexpensive and it is convenient to have a single plate rather than buying sheets of sandpaper all the time. But there are many other options out there.
James.
Thanks James!
Remember your newly lapped stone will have o surface as rough as the lapping stone used.
If you have a stone of equal grit as the newly lapped you can rub them together, use a piece of tomonagura
or just expect it to be a little coarser in the beginning!
Most any 325 to 600 grit continuous diamond 1/4" plate, steel not plastic backed, will work. There are specially graded diamond lapping plates that are guaranteed to meet a certain standard of flatness. I use an eze lap brand 600 grit, but only because that is what I had for knife sharpening. Several of the threads in this search dmt atoma discuss the relative merits of those plates.
Jonathan
I have decided to quit giving advice in the honing section, but there is one thing I know to 100% true with no exception. There are no stupid questions.
The naniwa lapping plate left the surface too rough for my taste. Now I use a 325 DMT.
Steve
So the consensus seems to be a dmt 325. Great thanks for the advice guys!
So how does this sound as a starter set:
Norton 4k/8k combo
12k naniwa finishing stone
Dmt 325 lapping stone
And a barbers hone for touchups
Good?
I've heard that before and accepted it as reasonable. Now I'm thinking about it and I'm not so sure. Does that mean if you lap a 12K stone with a DMT 325 (about 45 microns) that you get a grit of 325 for some period of time? How long? Is there anything one can do about it? Even using an ultra fine DMT plate (1200 grit, 9 microns) you would still ruin the usefullness of a 12K for awhile. If there's general agreement that this is the case I'm happy to accept it. I just hadn't thought it thru till now. Thoughts?
Woops...left out the part about using a plate of equal grit (12K in this example) but not sure if that woujld always work. I might have missed something but haven't seen the diamond plates in grits above 1200.
The 12k will do fine for touchups no need for a barber hone. But other wise just fine.
mumpig,
For a short time the higher grit hone will have peaks and valley's of the lower grit. If the high grit hone is a hard natural or barber hone it will take a long time to wear to the bottom of the valley's. In the mean time it may leave relatively deep groves in the razor. In the Did I break my new Swaty thread gssixgun suggested rubbing the lapped barber hone with an arky to smooth it.
Jonathan
I should have mentioned that if you are using the diamond hone to raise a slurry that the slurry seems to take care of the valley's. But if you use the diamond hone to lap a barber hone that you will use dry it may be very aggressive for a while until the surface is worn down to the bottom of the valley's.
Jonathan
I use a lapping hone for flattening my stones. Attachment 118572