Results 1 to 10 of 30
Thread: Maintaining a lapped stone
Hybrid View
-
04-07-2013, 03:10 AM #1
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Location
- Joshua, TX
- Posts
- 315
Thanked: 25So I have to buy a huge plate for just cleaning and prepping the surface of a stone?
Honestly, thats pretty idiotic. For the periodic re-lapping of the stones I dont care about just using something like glass and sandpaper as thats worked already and should be a hell of a lot easier the second time around.
And $50 for a 325 is from SRD which shows out of stock. From Woodcraft, which would also save me shipping, its about $70. But once you figure in shipping from SRD, the price is gonna be pretty close to exactly the same.Last edited by TexasShaver; 04-07-2013 at 03:17 AM.
-
04-07-2013, 04:04 AM #2
-
04-07-2013, 08:58 AM #3
- Join Date
- Mar 2009
- Posts
- 1,211
Thanked: 202You do not need DMT. Colleagues here suggested other alternatives which are significantly cheaper than the plate. I have quite few hones and do not have any DMT plate.
Reason why many people buy DMT is that it could be for them more convenient, faster to use and cleaner than sand paper or loose grit methods.
You don't need Porsche to get you to work which is not far. Old trusty Ford can do it too though in less glamorous way.
-
04-07-2013, 02:28 PM #4
- Join Date
- Jan 2013
- Posts
- 97
Thanked: 13I lapped my nortons and new cotis on sandpaper and a marble plate ($4 from Home Depot) for weeks. A friend talked me into getting the DMT 325 and now I can't imagine being without it. Really versatile tool. Laps all my stones and handles heavy chip removal on vintage blades.
-
04-07-2013, 03:26 PM #5
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Location
- Joshua, TX
- Posts
- 315
Thanked: 25Well obviously this thread has brought out the thin skinned people but I make no apologies.
Anyway, the fact is that I asked simply what is a way to maintain stones BETWEEN lapping. I dont really care about lapping every so often sandpaper and glass, but Im getting pretty sick of it every single time I sit down with a new razor. Maybe its complete newbie ignorance or razors are completely different from every other type of metal that can be sharpened, but all I want is something that can clean up and brush off and metal particulates that might remain on the stone after dragging a piece of steel across it a couple dozen times. Obviously they dont need to be lapped all the time because if they did, a set of Norton's would only last a year or two for someone who hones alot.
I've gotten some good advice from a few people that I am probably going to follow, namely the ones who havent said that its an absolute necessity to buy a full size DMT plate just for cleaning a stone.
-
04-07-2013, 03:52 PM #6
- Join Date
- Jun 2007
- Location
- North Idaho Redoubt
- Posts
- 26,985
- Blog Entries
- 1
Thanked: 13234Being rude just really isn't conducive to what SRP is all about there Tex
Thread Closed for Mod review
-
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to gssixgun For This Useful Post:
Catrentshaving (04-07-2013), roughkype (04-14-2013), Ryan82 (04-07-2013), SirStropalot (04-07-2013)