Thread: Ditching the towel

My workbench top is MDF. I have been honing on it with towels for a while and as MDF does it is starting to raise. I recently purchased a sheet of neoprene for another project and decided to use that on the bench top. Works like a charm to keep water off my bench

just thought I'd share

I just do all my honing on the kitchen sink benchtop(?)/ whatever this is called:


It won't get water damaged, water can just run down the sink and It's got running water close at hand.

I always hone on a towel on top of rubber shelf liner. The stone should not be allowed to slide around while honing.

This is an aluminum pan , actually solid, bought at Wal Mart,,,I cut squares from an inner tube & used 3M 5200 to glue on the bottom of pan to prevent slipping on any surface. I pour water directly on the stones,,it runs to pan & never a mess on my table.

Off to Wally World to buy a baking sheet. I think I will cut the neoprene which is non slip and water proof to fit the baking sheet. Thanks for the ideas

I hone on a piece of indoor outdoor carpet with a almost hard binding... When it gets dirty or wet u just vacuum it and it's like new..gotta thank my good friend Bill3152 for the idea

I used to hone on a plastic tray, like from a fast food restaurant, on a holder on a piece of rubber drawer liner, before I went to a custom wooden bridge, a 1x4 in piece of pine from Home Depot.

Sink bridge is the way to go.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

I used to hone on a plastic tray, like from a fast food restaurant, on a holder on a piece of rubber drawer liner, before I went to a custom wooden bridge, a 1x4 in piece of pine from Home Depot.

Sink bridge is the way to go.

It's hard to see the TV & eat snacks while I hone on a "sink bridge".

I lay my hone on a layer of epidermis supported by by a flexible and mobile endoskeleton. I find this configuration provides maximum adaptability and feedback. The endoskeleton has protrutions that grip the hone and help position the hone for optimal pressure and angles. These mobile protrusions are also able to transition water from a source to the surface of the hone to refresh slurry.

Originally Posted by Avenolpey

I lay my hone on a layer of epidermis supported by by a flexible and mobile endoskeleton. I find this configuration provides maximum adaptability and feedback. The endoskeleton has protrutions that grip the hone and help position the hone for optimal pressure and angles. These mobile protrusions are also able to transition water from a source to the surface of the hone to refresh slurry.

I hear they are good for those hard to itch spots up in the nose and around back were you can barely reach. The protrusions I mean. By the way don't do both at the same time either. Scratch I mean :<0)

My workbench is covered in 1/8 in sheet rubber. Hones stick to it like they are glued down. A homer bucket full of water works when I am lapping a little between stones. Under the rubber 3/4 MDF. I still wonder how far slurry goes down the drain before it stops ?