Thread: ebay scales

Dooey do you have a lapping plate you could use wrapped in lower grit paper?
I use wet & dry on my glass plate I use for lapping for thinning most scale materials.
you could go as low as 80 grit paper to rough them thin, then go to the 180 which is i used for bone & was fairly quick (for 1 set) to get them to 2mm from about 4mm

how did you go dry grinding the bone stinks the place out nice hey

Originally Posted by Substance

Dooey do you have a lapping plate you could use wrapped in lower grit paper?
I use wet & dry on my glass plate I use for lapping for thinning most scale materials.
you could go as low as 80 grit paper to rough them thin, then go to the 180 which is i used for bone & was fairly quick (for 1 set) to get them to 2mm from about 4mm

how did you go dry grinding the bone stinks the place out nice hey

Great idea!!!!

Originally Posted by Substance

Dooey do you have a lapping plate you could use wrapped in lower grit paper?
I use wet & dry on my glass plate I use for lapping for thinning most scale materials.
you could go as low as 80 grit paper to rough them thin, then go to the 180 which is i used for bone & was fairly quick (for 1 set) to get them to 2mm from about 4mm

how did you go dry grinding the bone stinks the place out nice hey

i don't have a lapping plate. what is the advantage of using one? could i something else instead?

my greatness it stinks!!! dad wondered what i had been doing in the shed cause he reckoned it stunk to high heaven.

Originally Posted by dooey

i don't have a lapping plate. what is the advantage of using one? could i something else instead?

my greatness it stinks!!! dad wondered what i had been doing in the shed cause he reckoned it stunk to high heaven.

A lapping plate keeps your hones perfectly flat. You can use a large flat piece of tile (12"x12") with some 320 grit wet or dry sandpaper on it.
I believe that's the grit you use. I read on here somewhere how to do it but I have a lapping plate.

Originally Posted by dooey

my greatness it stinks!!! dad wondered what i had been doing in the shed cause he reckoned it stunk to high heaven.

I know the smell well. I've worked bone and fossilized tusk for instrument nuts and saddles. It certainly has a distinctive odor.

Originally Posted by dooey

i don't have a lapping plate. what is the advantage of using one? could i something else instead?

my greatness it stinks!!! dad wondered what i had been doing in the shed cause he reckoned it stunk to high heaven.

Any hard flat surface will work just need it water proof for wet sanding, I also use 320-400 grit for lapping, my glass plate is a piece of tempered glass from a set of old scales

Originally Posted by KevinV

I know the smell well. I've worked bone and fossilized tusk for instrument nuts and saddles. It certainly has a distinctive odor.

Yep, it does smell but most of the time it doesn't bother me as much as other people but I guess it is because of the final product it will turn out to be!

Sounds like a plan, I will get on that soon, just after exams. It does smell a bit, I was a little more worried about the dust, I was super itchy after I unboxed them so I kitted up with respirator, gloves goggles but I turned out okay, I'll be right with just the respirator next time. I think k it was just the bloody hay fever.

PS it still smells in the shed, hope it clears soon!

Originally Posted by Substance

Ang hard flat furnace will work just need it water proof for wet sanding I also use 320-400 grit for lapping, my glass plate is a piece of tempered glass from a set of old scales

I think you meant any hard flat surface instead of furnace. My computer does the same shit & will think it's correcting you when typing out some things & will put in other words instead of what you really want to say.

Fixed it lol