Thread: What to buy for Maintenance and Minor Repairs

It's good to see another member that lives close!
I live in Salinas, CA about 40-45 miles south of Morgan Hill.
My brother lives in Roseville and thats about 3 1/2 hours north of Morgan hill. Do-able to go to Roseville. Cut over to i 5 and straight there.

I'm not a Mentor but still good to see a close member.

BTW my brother is looking for a custom brush..Maybe that 'roseville, Kali' guy could step in.

Thanks to all of you for your advice! I just pulled the trigger at SRD on:

1 x Naniwa Value Pack - 5000, 8000 & 12000 Grit Stones
1 x Naniwa Super Stone 1000 Grit in Stand
1 x Naniwa Lapping Plate 220 Grit

Looking forward to getting started.

Scott

You did good except for the lapping plate...we use DMT and Atoma for a reason.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

You did good except for the lapping plate...we use DMT and Atoma for a reason.

Well, shoot, that was the first thing you said to me, too.

I just called SRD and left a message to see if they can switch that on my order. We'll see. It does appear that they're out of stock on the DMT, but hopefully they'll have some in soon.

Originally Posted by Neckman

Well, shoot, that was the first thing you said to me, too.

I just called SRD and left a message to see if they can switch that on my order. We'll see. It does appear that they're out of stock on the DMT, but hopefully they'll have some in soon.

1. If anyone can get you taken care of these folks are at the top
2. You can make it work but it is more work on the front end and it needs to be maintained as well.

Let us know the outcome either way, you are on your way to a whole new adventure

Very informative thread gentlemen! As I am researching hones to set myself up for beginner honing, I'm coming close to making a desicion. I wish I could afford to stack up a set all at once but not likely! I have a few questions myself, #1- how is the chosera different from the naniwa1000? #2-do the naniwa stones all come attached to bases (except the 5000/8000) or can you get them without? #3 which DMT do you recommend for lapping? It will be a while I think so I want to get my initial lineup picked out. Thank you,
Ryan.

Originally Posted by ryowl

Very informative thread gentlemen! As I am researching hones to set myself up for beginner honing, I'm coming close to making a desicion. I wish I could afford to stack up a set all at once but not likely! I have a few questions myself, #1- how is the chosera different room the naniwa1000? #2-do the naniwa stones all come attached to bases (except the 5000/8000) or can you get them without? #3 which DMT do you recommend for lapping? It will be a while I think so I want to get my initial lineup picked out. Thank you,
Ryan.

If you can take the bite the Chosera is the crème da le crème for the 1k, the king or SS will do the trick though.
with a little search all of the Naniwa SS line is available without the base and thicker, however unless you are honing for a profession I don't believe the extra stone will do you much good for the extra cost.

The DMT8C/325 grit is the standard DMT for lapping or the Atoma 400.

As far as the difference the Chosera is harder, gives a different feed back, and is faster over all from my experience. I have both + the king and use them all.

Pfries, thanks for the tips! Timely, concise and full of experience, nice. I asked about the stone without bases because I'm used to using king stones and I will be using them for woodworking tools as well so I'd like to be able to use both sides. I'll check the price difference and see.

On second thought, these stones are apparently not recommended for chisels and as such, no plane irons! Well, that won't really affect my choice, several trusted sources recommend I start with naniwa.

Originally Posted by ryowl

On second thought, these stones are apparently not recommended for chisels and as such, no plane irons! Well, that won't really affect my choice, several trusted sources recommend I start with naniwa.

I tend not to agree, chisels I have other stones for, plane Irons I share a few stones.