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Carborundum laping
I found a new Carborundum hone in my grandfathers barber stuff. I have been laping it for about half an hour on my DMT-C and got the center flat. Are these hones normaly this hard. I am used to the norton that is soft and laps fast. I have considered a DMT-XC or sending it to Josh. It does polish like granet comming off the DMT-C I just dont want to wear out the DMT.
Don
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Those Carbo's (at least the ones I have) are really hard. I found out the hard way.........I think using a DMT is what I've heard is the best method. Hopefully someone else who has/does successfully lap them will chime in for you....
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As long as you're not pressing the carbo hone hard into the DMT and are just accepting that you might need to lap that barber hone in sessions, I don't think you have anything to worry about. That's usually what I do with barber hones, I lap them until I get bored (sometimes only 5-10 minute sessions) and put it down for either later that day or another day. My 3 line Swaty is on this multiple session regimen and another barber hone I picked up called a "Perfect" hone. This Perfect hone is as hard and as silky smooth as my high grit Shapton ceramics. It's got a paper label on the stone and the color of a YG Escher.
IME the barber hones do take the longest to lap.
Chris L
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The carbo's are a pure bear to lap. I am going to order a DMT XCoarse for hard stones to do the bulk of the work.
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Thanks for the input. I guess I will just take my time and lap. I have it down to about 3/16" from the edges. Probily have enough flat to hone a razor. I also might put a little more champher on the edges.
Are there any other uses for the DMT-XX then laping hard stones? I would buy one if it had more uses then laping dificult stones.
Don
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The DMT XXCoarse isn't good for much else besides lapping, in my opinion. It's about as coarse as a chip-and-tar road surface. :)
Did you see that thread about lapping on a cinder block? Might be worth a shot. That last bit around the edges doesn't look like much, but it's the hardest part. You've got to lap the whole surface down now, not just a high spot in the middle. :gth
Josh