Jeff Myer
01-20-2008, 6:54 PM
Still a complete noob here but I took the plunge and started working with my King 1000/6000 stone even though I may want to go to a wider stone eventually for my bench plane irons as my current stone is only 2" wide :rolleyes:.
To get to my question quickly- Is there a concern with combination grit stones that the coarser grit could cross contaminate the finer side of the stone? I get quite a slurry worked up on the coarser side and see at least 2 opportunities for that slurry to contaminate the finer side.
1.) When storing in water, the slurry gets into the water bath and the coarser grit could get on the finer side.
2.) I am currently resting the stone on some anti-skid rubber padding sold for drawer and cabinet lining. When the coarse side is down it leaves slurry behind on the rubber mat.
I am sure that both of these opportunities could be reduced to almost nil with rinsing the stone prior to soaking or flipping the stone. Is this something that I should be concerned with or is it not worth worrying about?
As far as other first impressions:
As someone may have mentioned to me on this forum previously, the jump from 1000 to 6000 seems a little big to me although once my backs are all flat and I am focusing on routine honing it may not be too bad.
I had done my initial flattening and bevel creation on some sand paper on my table saw top. While this is functional, I feel as though a some diamond stone configuration may suit my taste better and could double duty for flattening my water stones.
Lastly, it appears that I may have done quite a job on dishing out the center of the coarse side of my water stone flattening the back. In an attempt to not have to flatten 2" of the back of the iron, I flattened the first 1" or so from either side of the stone alternating sides every once in a while. Any thoughts on a better way? Should I just do the full width of the stone to keep wear even?
Your input is appreciated.
To get to my question quickly- Is there a concern with combination grit stones that the coarser grit could cross contaminate the finer side of the stone? I get quite a slurry worked up on the coarser side and see at least 2 opportunities for that slurry to contaminate the finer side.
1.) When storing in water, the slurry gets into the water bath and the coarser grit could get on the finer side.
2.) I am currently resting the stone on some anti-skid rubber padding sold for drawer and cabinet lining. When the coarse side is down it leaves slurry behind on the rubber mat.
I am sure that both of these opportunities could be reduced to almost nil with rinsing the stone prior to soaking or flipping the stone. Is this something that I should be concerned with or is it not worth worrying about?
As far as other first impressions:
As someone may have mentioned to me on this forum previously, the jump from 1000 to 6000 seems a little big to me although once my backs are all flat and I am focusing on routine honing it may not be too bad.
I had done my initial flattening and bevel creation on some sand paper on my table saw top. While this is functional, I feel as though a some diamond stone configuration may suit my taste better and could double duty for flattening my water stones.
Lastly, it appears that I may have done quite a job on dishing out the center of the coarse side of my water stone flattening the back. In an attempt to not have to flatten 2" of the back of the iron, I flattened the first 1" or so from either side of the stone alternating sides every once in a while. Any thoughts on a better way? Should I just do the full width of the stone to keep wear even?
Your input is appreciated.