cheap diamond stones
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10 November 2014 at 12:27 pm #120773
has anyone tried these stones they seem a little too cheap to be any good but thats what i thought about the aldi chisels
14 November 2014 at 5:14 am #120954Are you going to try them. That’s pretty cheap,they can’t be flat for that price.
15 November 2014 at 8:45 pm #120996I bought a cheap set of 6×2 plates like the above Eddy.
They ok the fine stone is still a little course.
Must admit not used much but I keep them in my chippy tool box for any site work I do for a quick touch up of chisels and plane.Yepp I bought some of these off Ebay on the 20th October 2013 and have used them most days since. I would not say that they are perfectly flat and true but for under £10 what do you expect.
On the other hand they do sharpen beautifully, and quickly too (so don’t get carried away). They are certainly far better than my old Norton oil stone who has not been out of his box since.
That said however I still do finish off the sharpening process with some green soap (honing compound) on a piece of flat wood. I am not sure if this is strictly necessary but that is how I have always done it.
To lubricate the plates or not? I do! using cheap paint brush cleaner, the sort of stuff that goes white when rinsed out in water. I guess the health and safety police would go mad at this, but I have found it works the best out of all the stuff I have tried.
I occasional have used the finest plate to sharpen my straight razors (cut throat) this followed by stropping. I shave every day with a straight razor and you can sure tell if they are not perfectly sharp along the full length of the blade.
Does this help?
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