Hello All,
It's been quite a while since I posted, so if I'm in the wrong place, please move or ignore me.
I've been playing with using diamond hones on my Edge Pro Professional and Apex and thought I would share a bit.
I've purchased the tape blanks that are used for the Edge Pros, and have used 3M spray adhesive to mount 1"X 1/4" X 6" EZE Lap diamond hones to the blanks. I have mounted EX coarse, coarse, medium, fine and EX fine hones. All hones were found on Amazon, and the prices were reasonable.
i use the EX coarse for reprofiling,and have found that it speeds up the job quite a bit. I keep the hones wet, just as you would with the regular EP hones
The trick that I've found that works for me is to set the angle for the diamond hone one notch higher than the regular sharpening angle.. Say that you sharpen at 17 degrees....you use the diamond hones at 19 degrees, which accomodates the change in thickness of the hone. Then, when you're ready to switch to the regular stones, you switch back to the 17 degree setting. For me, the angles match perfectly, without alot of fiddling around.
Give me a yell concerning your thoughts and results.
Thomas Zinn
It's been quite a while since I posted, so if I'm in the wrong place, please move or ignore me.
I've been playing with using diamond hones on my Edge Pro Professional and Apex and thought I would share a bit.
I've purchased the tape blanks that are used for the Edge Pros, and have used 3M spray adhesive to mount 1"X 1/4" X 6" EZE Lap diamond hones to the blanks. I have mounted EX coarse, coarse, medium, fine and EX fine hones. All hones were found on Amazon, and the prices were reasonable.
i use the EX coarse for reprofiling,and have found that it speeds up the job quite a bit. I keep the hones wet, just as you would with the regular EP hones
The trick that I've found that works for me is to set the angle for the diamond hone one notch higher than the regular sharpening angle.. Say that you sharpen at 17 degrees....you use the diamond hones at 19 degrees, which accomodates the change in thickness of the hone. Then, when you're ready to switch to the regular stones, you switch back to the 17 degree setting. For me, the angles match perfectly, without alot of fiddling around.
Give me a yell concerning your thoughts and results.
Thomas Zinn