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Why are the paddles a shortcut?

tim

Bear with me I have about 4 different experiments going on at the same time. Today I lapped a new hone, a SDnat. It is a piece of what i think is shale from a road cut in the Black Hills that i...

As a sign of HAD I bought another stone to compare with the one I had. A 2 X 8 inch at about half the price or I wouldn't have. They had 3 at Wood crafters and they all looked similar. Without an...

I about stopped out there yesterday but between me and my wife we spent to much already. If you find a good one we could cut it in half. I have a saw.

Tim

It's not 20 miles!LOL Let me know if you go and cherry pick them.

Tim

I did some further experimenting with mine today. I got the same results. I got the best bevel I could with my 8K norton viewing it with my 50x scope. Just water on the C-12k and it scratched the...

42 of them have been me!

I got serious with my PHIG tonight with some surprising results, at least to me. I took a Red Imp that I have previously took to the 8k Norton level and stroped etc. I didn't feel that I had to dull...

That vein is way more pronounced than the color variation in mine. I see 2 options.

Use short strokes or circles to avoid that vein.

Or cut it up into slurry stones and sell them. Use the...

I cut about 5/8" off the end of mine to make a slurry stone.

Tim

I lapped both sides of mine tonight. Previously I had done only one. That side is of uniform color, grey to me. I noticed the other side has a pattern to it. Black and grey swirls. This has got me...

I have noticed that loading up with carbs before a marathon honing session works very well!

How do you, [or anyone else!] lap and polish these?

Tim