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I'm looking for my Tormek manual, there was some mention of the issues of using the round 10" stone on the Tormek for sharpening the bevels of chisels. In use, the bevel is used to support the edge...

For those of you who believe that 0.001" is too much, I just hopped over to the Shapton site and checked the specs on the two Diamond Reference Plates they offer.

The Diamond Glass reference...

I just checked the DMT website and indeed, I was correct on the flatness claims:

Here's a quote regarding the D8 series (8 x 3)

"The precision-engineered surface flatness to + / -0.001” will...

No need for a micrometer, 3m specs theirs. The Scotch® Super 33+ Vinyl Electrical Tape is 7mil or 0.007" thick.

As for the DMT plates, I'm pretty sure the spec on those is within 0.001" of total...