Flattening Oilstones
I sharpened plane irons tonight as I cleaned up from the last few projects, and realized that I needed to flatten my Norton oilstone. A little research reveals that many people flatten both oil and water stones on concrete blocks. Others lap the stone flat with silicon carbide powder on plate glass. I have a cinderblock outside, so I'll likely start with that and see how it goes.
While looking for information on flattening oilstones, I also found a great article at Fine Woodworking that covers waterstones, oilstones, and sandpaper as methods for honing.
While looking for information on flattening oilstones, I also found a great article at Fine Woodworking that covers waterstones, oilstones, and sandpaper as methods for honing.
Labels: Sharpening, Techniques, Tools
posted by rookster at
11:13 PM
3 Comments:
Robert - Yes, good pointer. As an aside, here is another video that might be helpful, which features the talented Craig Vandall Stevens' thoughts on stones and maintenance of them: http://woodtreks.com/category/techniques/sharpening-techniques/
Thanks, Craig.
The discussion of how to maintain waterstones was a good one. I had a chance to browse around your Video blog and I think the content I've seen was excellent.
As a follow up: I did flatten the Norton oilstone (both sides) using a concrete block and some oil as a lubricant. This appears to have worked extremely well.
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