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27/10/2004 10:29 AM

when a waterstone gets too thin...

... do you mount it on a wood or plastic board so it doesn't crack,
and if so, how?

For a not-to-be-immersed stone my guess would be tile mastic on wood
because the adhesive is rigid but sticks to porous stuff. How about
stones that stay wet?


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Andy Dingley

in reply to [email protected] (Daniel) on 27/10/2004 10:29 AM

27/10/2004 7:48 PM

On 27 Oct 2004 10:29:16 -0700, [email protected] (Daniel) wrote:

>... do you mount it on a wood or plastic board so it doesn't crack,
>and if so, how?

For sword polishing, some of my waterstones are sawn into very thin
slices, then used by placing them on a springy wooden fingerboard.
Some people glue them, some don't. I find that a coarse bandsaw blade
leaves a rough enough finish on larch to not need it.

Many waterstones (particularly hard/fine polishing stones) are
permanently mounted onto wooden stands. A hot hide glue & resin mix
was traditional, or you can use silicone these days. If you want to
take them off later, silicone can be sawn through with a bit of
fishing line and toggle handles.

--
Smert' spamionam


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