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7 August 2019 at 12:12 pm #597037
Hi Justin, I ended up with worn out stones, local dealer refused to do anything about that (quite common in our country). EZE-LAP is probably not what it used to be (assuming it was once according to what Paul says) and not worth the money. Cleaning the stones with alcohol or whatever might slightly help if the stones are very clogged but the difference is negligible.
22 March 2017 at 10:56 pm #310408Hi, thanks again everybody. I’ve already tried Paul’s method suggested by Mooncabbage before – that is, put the iron on a wooden surface and hit it with a chisel hammer (since I’ve been watching Paul’s videos religiously and already knew about the advantages of having a hollow in a plane iron instead of a belly). I also know that a few flat millimeters along the edge is enough so that there is no gap between the cap iron and the blade and I was aiming for that only. Not a single blow (softer or harder) has had any effect on any of the irons and with my last blow i shattered one of the Stanley irons into pieces. Since then I’ve been reluctant to try this method again with such a little experience. That’s why I decided to use the diamonds. I’m glad to hear that you have a better experience with them cragglerock.
22 March 2017 at 1:45 pm #310386Hi, thanks for all your suggestions, I’ll definitely consider them. I’m still wondering if there is anyone who experienced the same thing as me or the opposite and I’d like to hear your opinions on my assumption that I could use the diamonds for flattening plane irons without risking wearing them out in such a short time. My expectations could’ve been false since I’m fairly new to woodworking.
21 March 2017 at 10:17 pm #310370Hi Philipp, my mistake, I should’ve said I destroyed many sheets of sandpaper, not sheets of glass using that method. Sorry for my English 🙂
21 March 2017 at 9:32 pm #310367Hugo, I’ve flattened almost six plane irons and one or two chisel backs.
21 March 2017 at 9:30 pm #310365Hi, thank you all for your reactions. Here are my answers and some additional info.
- I’m using plain water as a lapping fluid. I always spray a film of water over the entire stone or the place where I’m going to sharpen. I do it pretty much the same way as Paul Sellers in his videos with the only difference being him using the glass cleaner instead of water. I don’t use oil.
- Were my stones clogged? Only slightly – I could tell that by some amount of visible rust when the stones got dry. I’ve been washing the metal waste from the stones with warm water regularly during my sharpening once it visibly accumulated. I tried to follow your advice and washed the stone in a warm soap water (haven’t tried the alcohol or other solvents yet) and brushed it with a light metal bristle brush. I took some more waste out but unfortunately, it didn’t make any difference, the irons still just glide over the plates when I try to flatten.
- My EZE-LAP stones are unfortunately far from flat, I checked them with the Starrett combination square. I wasn’t pursuing dead flatness here really, I just wanted to have a flat surface a few millimeters along the edge.
- I’ve tried the sandpaper on a plate of glass method before on my plane soles and destroyed many sheets with a little effect so I wanted to switch to a more durable abrasive. I haven’t tried to flatten the plane soles on my diamonds yet though.
I’m inclined to send the stones back but I’m not quite sure whether this is my fault, maybe I was pushing too hard but once again, the stones were gradually cutting less and less so I pushed more. I never used any brutal force or anything close to that but I wasn’t very gentle either (in the end, they are diamonds, I thought). I also thought that they can be used for flattening plane irons or chisels, only requiring more time to spend on them.
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