Thread: Aldi four way diamond plates

I bought one a couple of years ago, had heaps of use and still good. Might go grab another one,me thinks

Been using one for a few years.

Yep, I have one and it is fine for what it is. Does the job.

Not fine enough for my liking to use on woodworking tools, but it works a treat on kitchen knives

I have had one for a few years but don't use it much as even the finest one is to course to get a fine surface on tools leaves a course scratched surface.
Regards Rod.

I think the 200 will probably be the most used, or maybe keep it in the kitchen. I ran a ruler over the faces and they are not exactly flat.

John

We have no Aldi here in the West, and I think I'd give'em a try. Anyone game to help me?

Originally Posted by david.elliott

We have no Aldi here in the West, and I think I'd give'em a try. Anyone game to help me?

Happy to buy them for you and send them up David.

Send me a PM with your mailing address and I'll pick them up today and send them off tomorrow.

Mine seems pretty flat when I checked. I use them to sharpen scissors, the back of plane iron and chisels.

Close but they are bowed towards the ends.

Originally Posted by Big Shed

Happy to buy them for you and send them up David.

Send me a PM with your mailing address and I'll pick them up today and send them off tomorrow.

On the way David

I got one a few years back and mostly use it to regrind bevels and to rehab old beat up blades. It is not fine enough for really sharp so I finish on a stone. That said it is really good for the grunt work of getting old blades flat on the back. At the price get a couple. Handy to have.
Regards
John

Good for flattening water stones, mine is flat on all 4 faces

Harbor freight has them here, but they've always asked more (about $15 US). That's the nature of the beast, though, HF has a lot of junk and they are in business and doing well because they ask quite a lot for things you can find cheaper elsewhere (presuming you don't shop their sales).

Anyway, I got one of those a couple of years ago just out of curiosity, I think they were $10 US at the time, and I had shaptons. I believe they shed a bit of grit into the shaptons from time to time.

For sharpening, they suffer from inconsistent diamond sizes, but for $10, they're plenty good enough for that.

For good stones, ezelaps in 8x3 were available here for a long time for $35, easily the best thing available for the price, but I believe amazon has pricing software that responds to demand and after word got out about that, they went way up from that.