Thread: Make your own paddle strop

Great work Alp and Russel. My next project is going to be a shelf for my soaps and creams. I am running out of sink space.

bj

same here, sink space is a premium, especially since mine is a timeshare type operation.

I kicked around the idea of a stand alone sink basin, with mirror(s), shelves/drawers and hooks for lots o' goodies, but the problem is that then I'd be forced to fill up all those spaces etc. ...terrible idea, I know.

$2.16 is what this strop cost. It would have been free had I a scrap piece of balsa wood.

This will probably make some of you guys cringe, I cut this with my sawzall. Elmers wood glue overnight compressed between two pieces of wood. Sanded it with some 50 and 220 grit on a block. Done. Now just to add some paste and see how it works.

Crappy cell phone picture as my wife is out of town with the good camera.
aaron

I noticed that Dan had mentioned using ash and mdf for the base of his bench hones. Was that a 6 micron paddle you had in your original picture 2sharp? I was looking to make a medium grit hone that would serve a similar purpose as a 4000 norton stone and I thought I could combine these ideas buy using a 6 micron diamond paper.

Originally Posted by claytor

I noticed that Dan had mentioned using ash and mdf for the base of his bench hones. Was that a 6 micron paddle you had in your original picture 2sharp? I was looking to make a medium grit hone that would serve a similar purpose as a 4000 norton stone and I thought I could combine these ideas buy using a 6 micron diamond paper.

Yes that is a 6.0 on one side and 3.0 on the other. I don't have any experience with the diamond papers but it should work. Make sure the paddles are sanded as smooth and as flat as you can before applying the paper, balsa or leather.

bj