Hand Tools Archive

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Re: Why is everone worried about dishing? *PIC*

Warren in Lancaster, PA

I wonder, could your lapping plate could handle this stone? It would be a challenge to "flatten every few minutes". I think that in traditional work the artisans use the whole stone and overlap the edges with the tool to wear the stone evenly.

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