Originally Posted by
carlmaloschneider
WARNING, a stupid newbie question coming up I should know the answer to. I got a brand new Norton flattening stone today from a VERY nice fellow from here for nothing. Thanks VERY much, Sir, you are a true gentleman!
On the instructions it says "for best results, bring the waterstone to the flattening stone". I read that as "Place the waterstone ON the flattening stone [not vice versa, as I generally do]. Does anyone lap their hone by placing the hone ON the lapping stone/plate? I guess it may not really matter, as long as which ever is on the surface is on a flat surface, the entire surface is lapped, and the *right* amount of pressure is used, however, it's my tendency to over think things, which in a way is better than not thinking at all (maybe, is it?)...