Looking at Combo Water Stones.

Re: Looking at Combo Water Stones.

Dean J in MN

>Joe --

So long as you are OK doing the heavy work of flattening with your sandpaper setup I would say the 1000/6000 combo will serve you well.

For honing I start on a 1200 stone, then 4000 and finish on a finishing stone, which I have no idea what the grit is. You'll spend a little more time on the 6000 to get a polished edge due to the jump from the 1000 stone, but in the end you'll be fine. Once you decide if you like the waterstones you can fill in the gaps in your stone setup as you see fit. If you can find a 1000/4000 it would be a pretty nice option as well. (See Lee Valley)

Also, be sure to budget a means to keeping those stones flat. Lots of options, you just need to pick one which fits your budget.

-Dean

Joel has a good selection and... *LINK*

Christopher Fitch @ Memphis

>prices at his store.

It's where I bought mine and they work quite nice...


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Jonathan Kaplan (OR)

>1200 / 8000 stone from Japan Woodworker for about 3 years now, and I quite like it. I use it in combination with an 800/4000 stone, moving from the 1200 to the 4000 to the 8000 for most things, and using the 800 after grinding, etc. The stones have held up very well so far (no thanks to me -- I often gouge them, chip them, etc., but they clean up quickly w/ sandpaper, etc), but if I had it to do over again, I think I would buy separates rather than combo stones... It would just be that much easier to keep everything clean and organized, etc. But I certainly do like them.

I don't know that I'd be happy going from 1200 straight to 8000, but you could also buy an inexpensive 3000 or 4000 stone to use between the two sides, etc.

Best,

jk

Re: Looking at Combo Water Stones.

alan womack

>Slowly working on making the change myself. I picked up a pair of icebear flattening stones here in the classifieds. But they are WAY out from being flat themselves.

So far I've spent an hour or so on wet dry, but the stone is murder on the sandpaper. Therefore just today I have ordered a 8x3 diasharp course diamond stone to finish flattening them up.

Some time in the next month I will likely buy a 10,000 or 12,000 finish stones with a nigura and try then after the 2000 grit sand paper. I am hoping I will touch up my planes and chisels a bit more often with a stone, then having to clear a bench for my glass and sandpaper. :)

Alan

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Rick Hoppe

>Joe, Norton now makes a 1000/8000 waterstone.

David Charlesworth uses only 2 stones for all his sharpening. It's a simple and quick technique that yields beautiful results!

Both the Norton combo stone and Charlesworth�s sharpening video are available from Lie-Nielsen.

Here's the adress for Charlesworth Sharpening Video: http://www.lie-nielsen.com/library.html?sku=VD-110

The Norton stones can be found at the link below.


Norton Combo Stone