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234507 Mark Lovett Wells <mark@m...> 2012‑11‑19 Re: Flattening Benchstones
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Mark Fortune  wrote:
> What would be the best bit of kit for flattening bench stones;
...
> > was thinking of buying a diamond stone??? , any advice would be much appreci
ated.

One thing I like about this group is that you won't get many people
telling you to buy stuff, especially not expensive stuff.

Last year at our local Lie-Nielsen event, I stood at the sharpening
station, trying out their expensive sandpaper for grinding the primary
bevel.  While I was doing that, people started asking questions.
Maybe they thought  I knew something since I was standing behind the
sharpening stand.

A guy came with an oil stone and said, "How can I flatten this stone?"
 Sitting right in front of me was one of those huge diamond stones
like this:
http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?sku=DMT-DiaFlat
I said, "Let's try that."  In a minute or less his stone was flat.

Clearly it works.  Is it worth the price?  That's your decision.

Of course you could also just take all your stones to a Lie-Nielsen
event near you.  You could probably use the exact same diamond plate I
did.  ;-)

Mark
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