With the growing interest in these lapping films, I'm surprised a vendor hasn't started selling bevel-to-polish variety packs of the films.
Lapping film, try it.
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One nice thing about the growing popularity of film is that perhaps large coticules won't get so much more expensive, so quickly.
Film will be $2 a sheet before you know it, though.
Oh... I guess a vendor has started selling bevel-to-polish variety packs of the films. lol
I just got done touching up a 1/4 grind Wacker on some films. It went like this (recommended by a friend)
3 micron 60 laps
1 micron 60 laps
1 micron with wet paper underneath 40 laps
The bevel looks very nice, mirror shine. Passes HHT with authority. We'll see how it shaves here in a bit.
3 micron 60 laps
1 micron 60 laps
1 micron with wet paper underneath 40 laps
The bevel looks very nice, mirror shine. Passes HHT with authority. We'll see how it shaves here in a bit.
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Good to see my thread is living still. Shaved this morning with a 5/8 Flaschner touched up with 60 laps of 1 micron and 40 0.1 on wet paper, and a few laps with CroX on balsa.
Just excellent. Super sharp yet smooth.
Just excellent. Super sharp yet smooth.
Is your lap a round trip lap meaning 60 strokes in each direction or a total number of laps, 30 in each direction?
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1 lap is a "roundtrip" 1 stroke in each direction.
Thanks! I often wonder what factors determine the number of laps. Did it start out with 25 laps, then someone said 30 sounded better, and then it made it to 50 because 100 strokes seemed good, and then it got upped to 60 because if 100 would be good let's do 20 more and shoot for even better.
For the most part, like with any honing, you progress to the next level when you see that the scratch pattern from the lower hone/film has been removed.
The markings that a stone/film will leave on the edge/bevel.
I nish someone would supply films that I could get in the UK I'd love to try some. The scratch pattern is the scratches left by a lower grit hone, a 1K hone will leave scratches then a 4K hone would polish these out leaving its own finer scratches and so on up to the higher grit hones that polish to microscopic scratches that look like a mirror to the naked eye. I'm a noob too but that's my description.
Rob
Rob
I have some pics of scratch patterns through the microscope here for reference:
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/244168-Seraphim-s-Synthetic-Progression
Then why would you ever buy honing stones for $$$......
Why else, to lighten my wallet!
Waiting to see how you liked it Rick.
As Blix said, 1 stroke in each direction.
Hi Rob,
there are a couple of highly recommended vendors in the UK that carry all you need!
Try workshopheaven
Well Tony, the shave was very nice. I can see using the film along with the rocks.
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