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Don Kingston
07-18-2014, 12:48 AM
Has anyone tried using a magnet to hold a plane blade to surface the back on stones? Any thoughts? I have some magnets that turn on and off for using on the table saw as a jig and am going to use as a handle for doing the backs of plane blade on water stones and help keep fingers out of the way.

Joe Bailey
07-18-2014, 1:18 AM
scroll about halfway down the page ...
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/WoodworkTechniques/Lapping%20the%20Backs%20of%20Blades.html

Don Kingston
07-18-2014, 4:57 PM
I just bookmarked this article. Thank You Very Much
Don

Peter Evans
08-11-2014, 4:05 AM
A strong switchable magnet may temporarily change the shape of thin blades like a Stanley, a bit of checking the magnet's effect might be useful before doing too much work.

Winton Applegate
08-11-2014, 11:58 PM
Double back tape is better. Not the foam stuff use the stuff that is like thick magic tape.

Or here is THEEEE TRICK SETUP.
Jewelers use pitch to hold stones to a stick while wet grinding them to shape then warm (or freeze) the pitch and the stone (OR BLADE) drops off the "handle". I would warm it.

Or in this case (http://www.gravescompany.com/adhesive.htm) wax
More here (http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17357).