Thread: Building a bench hone

Originally Posted by JoshEarl

Any suggestions on glue?

Like I said, in the area you live the contact cement may work fine. If I were dong this again myself, I'd visit my friendly shoe repair guy and ask him what to use... shoe repair certainly uses glues that have to hold no matter what... wet/dry, heat/cold, and flexable.

Go to Tandy and get Barge Brand contact cement. It's the same stuff shoe repair guys use.

http://www.tandyleather.com/products.asp?number=2510-01

You can only buy the 2oz. size though, if you want more you need a tax id. no. so they can report your purchase to the FBI. You can use this stuff to make a bomb supposedly so they won't let anyone just buy it in quantity.

I just used the regular Lepage contact cement and it's still holding

My bench hone is now assembled and awaiting the CrO2 that should be making its way from the frozen north...

I had my granite tile cut down to three 4-inch wide strips at Home Depot. The edges were pretty rough, so I put a grinding bit in my Dremel and beveled them a bit. This worked really nicely. (If you don't yet own a Dremel, find some home repair chore you've been putting off and use that as an excuse. I can't believe I've lived this long without a Dremel.)

I cut the foam rubber to fit the stones and stuck it to the bottom. I like this because I feel more comfortable stacking the three pieces of tile with some padding between them.

The leather I got from Tony was just 1/4 too narrow for my tile slices, so I just cut it 1/4 inch short so it would be even all around. The contact cement seems to be holding the leather down. I am currently letting the cement set up under the weight of my Crate tube amplifier.

So it looks decent. I could have trimmed the edges of the leather and rubber a bit neater. I'll probably try to bevel the leather when it's all dry. Can't wait to try it out...

Thanks,
Josh

Good work Josh. The chromium oxide will get shipped out on Monday since I'll be going to the PO to mail out the giveaway razors. I'm sure you'll become a convert

It really is a little freaky how you guys have been talking about this stuff. I mean Michael sounds like he'd start itching all over if he had to go more than five days without it...

Josh

The answers you were searching for will come to you soon, my son

Ok - I've been lurking here, peeking over shoulders and listening in on conversations that are really none of my business, but I have one or two burning questions-

1- A bench hone.......I've got one of Tony Millers pasted paddle strops (3,1,0.5)...is a bench hone THAT much different than a paddle strop?

2-the CRO2 that you guys are huffin' - how does it compare (grit wise and performance wise) to the diamond pastes.

3- if it's that much better, why not just use it on a paddle strop?

.....inquiring minds, and all that rot!

-whatever

-Lou

-cheetos???!!!

Lol Lou, you must have really liked the joke. It's an oldie, but a goodie.
1) It's the same principle, but you generally lay it on the bench (even though I held my in the left hand and it's on a marble backing lol). Usually you have a larger surface area than on a paddle strop which makes it easier to work with and faster-cutting.
2) Some people prefer the 0.5 chromium oxide to 0.25 diamond as it's supposed to be a smoother cutter. I've never tried diamond, but chromium oxide gave me amazing results. It spoiled me
3) There are no issues with using it on a paddle strop. However I am aware of only one place that does carry it (Hand American). If you just order the powder, you have to use a medium to create a paste (I just used some of Tony's strop dressing)

Hi, guys, where I can find a pic of this Bench Hone?

tank's

Matteo