Building home made balsa hones
Hi Gents,
I've aquired a piece of balsa material 1/2x3x36" and am looking for advice from anyone more experienced than myself so I can learn from your experiences and perspectives. When I cut it into lengths it seems logical to mount it to a harder substrate to prevent any future deviations from a flat, true profile and then I believe the honing surface should be lapped. I have various sandpapers and a piece of truing glass for the lapping process and will pencil out a grid the same as I would do for my water stones on my DMT 325.
Not really sure what size I'd like. I could leave them 3" wide or cut it in half and have 1 1/2" lengths. I wouldn't go any smaller than 6" in length and 9" would be max as it divides evenly into 36 but the combinations seem endless :shrug:
Is 600 grit high enough to finish lapping the honing surface of the balsa?
Thanks,
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