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Mylar works real well for a mold release, but i was thinking about just pooling it on glass or something and leaving it there. I still might try it sometime, but spazola's problems seem off putting....

Hehe. I used "AO" to refer to aluminum oxide. Is that not the standard abbreviation here?



Damn, two threads on the subject. I need to work on my googlefu

In the other thread you mentioned...

Hmm...

My only experience with lapping film so far has been with used 1micron diamond lapping film and used 0.3 micron AO lapping film, both grabbed from the trashcan of my uncles fiber optic...

I'm not sure whether I'm gonna try making an epoxy/CrO2 hone yet, but I'll definitely post results if I do.

In the mean time, I've had good results in making small microbevels with the spyderco UF...

Thanks, that's pretty dang close to what I was thinking.

He made it sound like there were some tricks to it, but I can't quite see what these would be if you don't care about cosmetics.



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I was thinking of buying some half micron chromium oxide and making a hone out of it by mixing it with a minimal amount of epoxy resin, applying it to a glass plate, and then lapping it flat after it...