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Thread: Diamond sharpening plates
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8th April 2005, 09:50 PM #1
Diamond sharpening plates
I have posted my sharpening experience at the following woodworking forum if intrested
http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4785woody U.K.
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8th April 2005, 10:17 PM #2
didnt see much other than some pics of diamond plates, poly bag and chisels.
Wouldnt mind hearing about the process, how the plates performed and what the end results were like. Maybe I missed something in the link,in which case I apologise
beejay1
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8th April 2005, 10:58 PM #3Originally Posted by beejay1
End results = I have never had tools sharper since using these plates, and new chisels sharpened easily.
As mentioned above I anticpate less wear on the stones caused by wheel rubbing along the plate surface hopefully eliminating a hollow.woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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8th April 2005, 11:30 PM #4
Thanks woody. Ive only once tried the real cheeepie ones and they were awful. I assume yours are the expensive diamond ones? I thought they were supposed to be virtually indestructive so is the honing likely to wear them out or are you just playing safe.
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9th April 2005, 12:33 AM #5
My plates were not top end so I am concerned that the might hollow from wheel wear, (like my old mineral stones) I myself have no complaint, bought the three plates at a woodshow and they beat the old fashioned mineral sharpeners hands down.
Wouldn't mind progressing to an £80 plate though.woody U.K.
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9th April 2005, 04:25 AM #6I thought they were supposed to be virtually indestructive
While they may cut for a long time, they lose their "sharpness" quite quickly.
The highest grit (Extra fine") is equivalent to 1000 waterstone or 9 microns. By contrast, a 6000 waterstone is 2 microns.
I've had my diamond type plates 12 months now and they are the best sharpening type stone/plates I have experienced in over 50 years of DIY/woodwork.
Regards from Perth
Derek
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9th April 2005, 06:50 AM #7Originally Posted by beejay1
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9th April 2005, 10:51 AM #8
Congratulastions BJ, you have coined a new word for the english language.
contact all the encylopedia manufacturers it will give them the reason to release new updated editions. :eek:
Wonder if they pay you a commission
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9th April 2005, 05:28 PM #9Originally Posted by echnidna
I wonder how many people actually do have a set.
Of course if we had spell check in here all our little cockups would be corrected,,the English ones that is. I dont think spell check could cope with Strian
Something just crossed my mind as I write this.. Do the Aussies have different regional or town dialects? There are so many in the UK and its quite easy to tell which town a person comes from by the way they speak. My wife can also do this with French people as thats her first language but to me all French sounds the same.
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9th April 2005, 05:41 PM #10
Crocodile Dundee has got a nice accent.
Sounds different to those refined people in Victoriawoody U.K.
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9th April 2005, 10:20 PM #11
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9th April 2005, 11:11 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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Beejay1, the regional accents or dialects that one hears in Europe and the UK don't really happen here.
We are just starting to get regional accents as our country becomes more multicultural, but in today's Australia you can really only tell by the different words things are known by in different parts of the country.
For example a bathing costume in some parts of the country are called, "Togs", whereas in another part I've heard, "Cozzy".
My wife, being German, often tells me that the last person who spoke to her in German was from a certain part of the country, then goes on to name the part and also enlarges on the differences to either her dialect, or, it's difference to High German. You cannot really do that in this country!
Mick.
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2nd May 2005, 02:59 AM #13
Oh but I must disagree there Opti ol son
Now that may be true for city fellas yous blokes all talk edjumakated an such but by crickey you always know a bushy by his accent and words.. to flamin right yer do! Dont really matter where in the Aussie bush a fellas from hes a distinct breed from the city fellas!
Another word that I have noticed is different in my wanderins over the years... The Perenti Monitor Lizard otherwise known in some areas as the "Goanna" and yet others call it a "Bungarra" its only one of many but the one that gets me every time! Where Im from a bloody goannas smaller than a Bungarra!
But true mate if you wander out to places like Meekatharra Halls Creek both WA Threeways Matarranka NT or Parachillna SA {other places outback for sure} you will hear the perfek nasal twang of the typical Aussie bushy... croc dundee? nah more the old larconic Chips Rafferty sort... geeez I just had a brain phart does ANYONE other than me remember ol Chips? strewth Im gettin flamin oldBelieve me there IS life beyond marriage!!! Relax breathe and smile learn to laugh again from the heart so it reaches the eyes!!
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2nd May 2005, 07:39 AM #14Originally Posted by Optimark
In Queenslander alone there are different accents.
The Brissy lot are different from F.N.Q,
Though most if not all queenslanders pronounce Victoria as Mexico
and they pronounce N.S.W as Cockroach landers.
That aside there are definately various accents throughout Australia.
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2nd May 2005, 11:13 AM #15
And to expand on Bobs' point, We from New South Wales fondly refer to Queenslanders as bleedin CANE TOADS
Bruce C.
catchy catchphrase needed here, apply in writing to the above .