Waterstone Lapping Plate

Shapton also makes a lapping plate that runs around 400.

Waterstone lapping plate.

Others use course diamond stones to lap their waterstones. Raised abrasives cut quickly. With more edges in contact with the waterstone these lapping plates surface the stones faster. Dmt s dia flat lapping plate is designed to bring back flatness to any conventional waterstone oilstone or arkansas stone the surface area is approximately 40 inches allowing easy flattening of both large and small stones.

A quality straight edge engineer s square or combination square is helpful in determining if your stone is flat. Sandpaper on glass is a cheap option but most of us end up investing in a coarse diamond plate at some point. The process is relatively simple. Determine if your waterstone is flat.

Its extra large surface area makes it easy to use. Ability to flatten his regular ceramic and natural stones a smoothly cutting device with precision dimensions and flatness evenly distributed diamonds and enough space to move the stones around. Grooves in the plate channel away. Waterstones are a great way to sharpen but because they wear from use you need a way to keep them flat.

Rub the flattening plate until the stone s darker low spot disappears. Waterstones are flattened with coarse flat stones called lapping plates or flattening stones. The lapping plate is 4 x 10. I own the dmt dia flat lapping plate and it can cost up to 195.

In order to keep flat and straight edges on cutting tools it is necessary to have a flat stone to sharpen on. As long as the lapping stone stays flat it should work. For convenience and portability we like norton s three waterstone kit shown because two stones soak while you sharpen with the one sitting on top. With maxi smart lapping plate he will get.