Hello Everyone,
First time poster here, but I’ve been perusing this forum for awhile and have learned a lot – thanks to those who have taken the time to contribute!
My question: Recently, after lots of research, etc, I bought a set of Two Cherries chisels. Great chisels, except the past posts about the factory coating on the blades slipped my mind until I started truing the backs yesterday. Now, I have this orangish gunck on my new DMT coarse stone! Lacquer thinner seems to work well getting this coating off of the chisels, but my question is what is a good way to get this stuff (coating residue) off my stone? Or do I need to really worry about it? Figured I’d throw the question out there before I tried wiping the stone with a lacquer thinner rag – surely I don’t want to end up with a puddle of diamond crystals where I once had a new DMT sharpening stone.
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share their insights/thoughts with me!
Ethan
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First try washing it with with a stiff brush and soapy water. If that doesn't get the job done, test the plastic base with some laquer thinner and a rag or paper towel. If you don't get any color, or only a light trace, go ahead and wash the face with thinner. A stiff brush and a little thinner will probably clean more effectively than a lot of thinner on a rag, IMO.
Thanks!
Lightly touch the wheel with a dressing stone or wheel. A piece of brass may serve your purposes too.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
Imerc,
Just a bit confused.
Are you referring to dressing a grinding wheel here?
Cheers,
eddie
Yup
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
You said one thing and I was thinkin' sumptin' else ...
Sorry....
Wash your stone as suggested....
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
Hi Imerc,
No dramas.
Just wondering.
Thought that I'd let you know of something we were trained re brass and grinding wheels - they don't mix too well.
Apparently, as copper/brass melts at a low temperature, grinding brass on a bench grinder ends up putting molten brass into the wheel, which then solidifies. When the wheel is used again (maybe not the next time, but soon enough) the heat from grinding causes the brass inside the wheel to expand, which can cause the wheel to spall/crack/explode.
Luckily I've never seen this one for myself.
I'm going back to bed too - interrupted 6 times by our two kids last night, so the eyes are a trifle heavy.
Cheers,
eddie
Thanks
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
Haha...Sorry to cause so much confusion! The wheel thing threw me for a loop....
Anyway, the soap and brush suggestion worked. Plus, a couple more hours working on chisel backs got the tougher gunk out. It's amazing how a piece of metal that could LOOK flat ends up needing so much work!
Thanks to everyone for responding!
Your cornfused..on the stone part buddy. He's plugged up his bench top sharpening stone. Needs to just keeep usin it till the crud wears away.
Cornfused? Me? You move to IOWA or sumptin'???
Dress the wheel and be done with it... He might loose a whole 3/64" of wheel and less than a minute of time.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
what in tarnation does a WHEEL have to do with it??...You back on the booze?
That round gizzmo attached to spindle on the grinder.
Since you missed out your share of the specks last night would you please see what you can do about getting some brain food please.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
Brain food gives me gas. What in tarnation does a GRINDING WHEEL have to do with his stone being wadded up with hardened cosmoline?
Yur right...
I need to go back to bed....
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
I have a flat piece of 1/2" plate glass that I use for all my "rough "sharpening. I put a piece of self stick adhesive on the glass and use it to flatten the backs of chisels and plane irons,and to flatten the soles of planes etc.Then I do the final honeing on my good stones .It is easy to peel off the old abrasive and replace with a new piece when and if it is needed. I have several rolls of this stickey paper with grits up to 600.
FWIW Work safely ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬PAT¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
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