Thread: How do I remove a wooden base on a hone?

I ordered a 10k stone a while back and it just came in today. It's a water stone and needs to be saturated but it's on a wooden base. I'd like to carefully remove it from the base, then take the router to the base and make a small recess for the hone to sit in as a holder. This way I can keep the stone in a pitcher of water between hones.

Any suggestions on how to remove it from the base in a way that won't mess up the base or hone?

It's an ice bear 10000 grit water stone (japanese water stone).

Thanks.

Glen F

I have a Japanese Kitayama water stone and it also came on a wood base. Actually I like the base it raises the stone and makes it easier to use. I don't find soaking the stone causes the wood to deteriorate or anything like that.

All I can tell you it they use an epoxy to glue it on and I don't think its possible to get it off without destroying the stone unless you have some chemical that eats epoxy. Good Luck.

If you really want to get rid of it run it thru a band saw or circular saw then sand off the epoxy and wood that remains. Then get a new piece of wood to use as a base.

Find a friend with a bandsaw and have them carefully remove as much wood as possible, then rub the remaining wood off on a cement sidewalk. If there's epoxy left on it, use a DMT coarse holy stone under running water in the sink. Do that when the wife's not home.