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Black streaks on stone

Started by skratch, February 13, 2004, 02:51:24 AM

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skratch

February 13, 2004, 02:51:24 AM
On the DVD, Jeff advises using the stone grader to keep the stone nice and clean so it will work as it should. When I am done sharpening a chisel, my stone has lots of black streaks on it. When I try using the grader, it makes no difference at all. I broke down and bought the diamond truing tool. That worked all right, but after sharpening one plane iron, I was right back where I started, with all the black streaks, and the grader has no effect. What gives?

Jeff Farris

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February 13, 2004, 04:59:38 AM
You're babying the stone grader.  Lean on it.  In extreme cases, tip it up so that only the corner is engaged.  
Jeff Farris

skratch

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February 17, 2004, 04:34:43 PM
OK so maybe I treated it like a baby, I didn't want to hurt it! I followed your instructions and gave it a good scrubbing. Clean as a whistle now. The only problem I'm having now is the same one Spad011 is having: no luck flattening the back of chisels or hand planes. This would be a nice thing to cover in an on-line video.
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