Thread: Anyone cut down a Norton?

They used to make Norton 4K/8K stones in a 2 inch wide model but I can't seem to find them anymore. It seems like they have been discontinued; however, I have seen them in the for sale section on occasion. If you wanted to cut the stone I would imagine that you would have to use a diamond coated blade because the Norton would dull your normal blade very fast. I am not sure how you would keep the stone from chipping.

The chipping (as in blowing up) is where I'm concerned. I've had the pleasure of having a few grinding wheels blow up in my face over the years by being stupid and taking the easy way out. This would be the opposite approach, metal to the sander. A diamond wheel would do it for sure, but I'm not sure if that's the only option. What would be trick is those high pressure water cutters.

Yeah I think they still make the 2 1/2" Norton's. I've seen them around (or maybe it's the 2", my memory gets worse as I get older). I was thinking about cutting one [3"] down to 1 1/2" so I would basically have two hones out of one. Maybe make one 2" and the other 1" for when a real narrow hone comes in handy? I've got a bunch of 1", 1 1/2", and 2" natural hones and a few barber hones. I said it in another post but I really like working with the smaller widths with razors.

Use a metal cutting bandsaw blade. They work just fine.

Has anyone tried a wetsaw for ceramic tile? I bought one of these for my remodeling project, and I'm curious as to whether it would work for hones.

Josh

One of our members, Kelly, cut his Norton, and I remember he had difficulties doing it...

Nenad

Originally Posted by superfly

One of our members, Kelly, cut his Norton, and I remember he had difficulties doing it...

Nenad

You would have to be very careful I'm sure

Originally Posted by bth88

You would have to be very careful I'm sure

Read all about it here:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/showt...ghlight=norton

Nenad

Originally Posted by JoshEarl

Has anyone tried a wetsaw for ceramic tile? I bought one of these for my remodeling project, and I'm curious as to whether it would work for hones.

Josh

I use a flat bed wet diamond wheel tile cutter for cutting my hones. Works a treat. This has cut Arkansas, Norton, Coticule, Thuringen and the H.......... stone I got off TM. Can never remember the dam name of that hone. The cut is about 2-3 mm (less than an 1/8" ) so the wastage is low and the cut is perfect true and smooth.

PuFF

i believe the word you are looking for is Hunsrueck

I just used a El Cheapo metal cutting blade from a home improvement store. Nothing special.