Hi!
I was looking at Joel's guide for flattening a honing stone, and he does the checkerboard pattern on it and laps the stone till the pencil marks are gone. However, his pattern doesn't extend to the furthest corners on the stone.
I got my stone in the mail yesterday, went out and picked up a flat ceramic tile and some 220 and 320 grit sandpaper. I am outside lapping and remove the majority of the pencil marks; all except the two opposite corners, which are sloping down at very sharp angles.
99% of the stone is flat, except for those two tips of the corners. Should I keep going or call it good?
-Geoff
I was looking at Joel's guide for flattening a honing stone, and he does the checkerboard pattern on it and laps the stone till the pencil marks are gone. However, his pattern doesn't extend to the furthest corners on the stone.
I got my stone in the mail yesterday, went out and picked up a flat ceramic tile and some 220 and 320 grit sandpaper. I am outside lapping and remove the majority of the pencil marks; all except the two opposite corners, which are sloping down at very sharp angles.
99% of the stone is flat, except for those two tips of the corners. Should I keep going or call it good?
-Geoff