Thread: When will Handamerican be up?

Originally Posted by izlat

why do you have to lap the tile? I use a marble tile to lap my stones on wet / dry and so far has worked great.

This wasn't the standard marble lapping tile, this was a 3x8 ceramic trim tile with some enameled glaze, and had lots of texture on it. But it was the right size, and it was cheaper than buying a circular saw and a masonry blade and cutting up a marble lapping tile. Except for the hours of lapping - In retrospect getting the #@$& saw would have been worth it, though Kieth's system would have been better still. Actually it was three tiles, one for boron carbide, one for chrome oxide, and the last one was originally gonna have .25 diamond but I've just wrapped newsprint around it instead.

Hm, I have a friend who does tiles... actually he works exotic stuff for the rich and famous, but he has a buncha tools. However, it's not nice to call all of a sudden just for this...

If you go to Home Depot or Lowes can't they cut you a marble piece in any size you want??? That's what I thought - because I want a 1.5 or so x 7-8 and I surely don't want to cut it myself...

Cheers
Ivo

I've seen them do it before - there is usually a table saw on that isle, but when I was there I didn't see it anywhere so I just got the little tiles and some sandpaper instead.

Originally Posted by heliguy

Forrgive the noob but what is "Keith's setup"

The Scary Sharp system [honing & stropping in one unit] is one of HA's (Keith's) main products on his website for anyone who needs anything sharpened -- usual suspects include us straight shavers, knife aficianados, and woodworkers.

Originally Posted by adjustme69

Every thing I have ever gotten from Hand American has been worth the wait, if there was one. Any of you guys try the Chromium Oxice paper on the flat bed glass.......WOWZA!!!!!

Hang in there.

Lynn

First of all, props to Handamerican, hear hear.

Lynn, do you use the PSA paper, and do you use it wet?

I just got a shipment today that I ordered on 2/28. Flat bed hone with extra split leather pieces.

Rick