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Thread: Old oilstone
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19th August 2005, 05:45 PM #1
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Old oilstone
I've got a very old oilstone ... well, about 20 years old. Probably a cheapy, I don't know now, but I was as flush with cash in those days as I am now
. It's been used to sharpen everything from my chisels to the cat's teeth, and so, of course, me being the highly expert wood butcher that I am, has more curves per surface than Claudia Schiffer. It's now reached the point where even I don't like using it, but I don't want to put anything but plane blades on my nice, wide, flat, new stone.
How do I get the old stone flat again?
Richard
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19th August 2005, 06:11 PM #2
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throw it out, for $2 you can get a silicon carbide stone that will suffice for most rough jobs, it is not worth the pain and suffering trying to flatten it!
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19th August 2005, 09:25 PM #3
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Where the hell do you find one for $2? I was tickled pink when I found me wide one for $20, up to then, I'd only seen them the other side of $50.
Richard
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19th August 2005, 09:47 PM #4
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maybe even supercheap autos
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19th August 2005, 11:13 PM #5
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You're joking. :eek: I never see such things here?
Dammit, I'm going to have to go shopping again now
Richard
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22nd August 2005, 06:53 PM #6
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Richard, even bunnings has these cheapy stones.
The only old stone I'd bother flattening is an old India stone (brown and very fine), or I guess an old waterstone (unlikely here).
Cheers..............Sean
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