Waterstone Lapping Plate

Its extra large surface area makes it easy to use.
Waterstone lapping plate. The lapping plate is 4 x 10. In order to keep flat and straight edges on cutting tools it is necessary to have a flat stone to sharpen on. Raised abrasives cut quickly. A quality straight edge engineer s square or combination square is helpful in determining if your stone is flat.
For convenience and portability we like norton s three waterstone kit shown because two stones soak while you sharpen with the one sitting on top. Shapton also makes a lapping plate that runs around 400. Determine if your waterstone is flat. A lapping plate or flattening stone is a coarse stone used to flatten other sharpening stones.
Waterstones are flattened with coarse flat stones called lapping plates or flattening stones. Waterstones are a great way to sharpen but because they wear from use you need a way to keep them flat. Ability to flatten his regular ceramic and natural stones a smoothly cutting device with precision dimensions and flatness evenly distributed diamonds and enough space to move the stones around. Rub the flattening plate until the stone s darker low spot disappears.
With a consistent aggressive diamond surface and precision ground hand certified flat to 0 0005 the dia flat lapping plate assures precise results when flattening stones. The process is relatively simple. I own the dmt dia flat lapping plate and it can cost up to 195. Sandpaper on glass is a cheap option but most of us end up investing in a coarse diamond plate at some point.
With maxi smart lapping plate he will get. Others use course diamond stones to lap their waterstones. As long as the lapping stone stays flat it should work. Dmt s dia flat lapping plate is designed to bring back flatness to any conventional waterstone oilstone or arkansas stone the surface area is approximately 40 inches allowing easy flattening of both large and small stones.