Quote Originally Posted by cj121 View Post
Cheers thus far chaps,

I was just about to post up that I'm going for the 1,5,8K Naniwa option, and read about the 10mm stones warping, thanks for the heads up mainaman. That potentially scuppers my plans as finances would dictate the thinner stones. They can't be that bad...surely??

However, I am going to get a universal base that supports both ends and the middle, so I hope that would alleviate any bowing issues

I'm guessing bowing might be attributable to holding a stone in the hand, or are they more prone to dimensional change due to other determinants?

Any thoughts on that issue folks?

Oh yeah, I'm getting a JNat finisher too
I don't own a Naniwa so I'm sure others will correct me if I'm wrong but I understood the warping issue happened as a they dried out and was worse if left close to a heat source such as in sunlight or by a radiator.

One of the reasons I was considering a combo stone was thinking that due to it being 2 stones glues together they might pull against each other to maintain the right dimensions better, I could of course be totally be wrong there though!