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Slim7

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Hi,
I just bought a set of Shapton pro waterstones and a Naniwa 12k stone. I haven't received them yet but I heard they need lapping from the factory. I was wandering if a Dmt xxc would be to coarse to lap all of my stones. I was going to lap them all flat with the xxc, then put a smother finish with a finer diamond plate. I was just curious if the xxc would ruin a very fine waterstones, it being so aggressive and all?
 
Hey, don't I know you? :D Responded to your message at B&B. The XXC won't ruin your hones, though if it's new it may leave some anomalous deeper scratches. Further work with the finer plates will smooth that right out though. I would only use the XXC if they are pretty far out of whack initially. After that the 400'ish range should be fine.
 
eKretz said:
Hey, don't I know you? :D Responded to your message at B&B. The XXC won't ruin your hones, though if it's new it may leave some anomalous deeper scratches. Further work with the finer plates will smooth that right out though. I would only use the XXC if they are pretty far out of whack initially. After that the 400'ish range should be fine.
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Hey buddy!
Yeap thats me! Us razor nuts are knife nuts too!! Lol
 
You should lap all stones flat from the box- don't just trust that they are flat.

I do a crosshatch pattern in pencil and flatten almost all my waterstones (Shapton Glass and Naniwa Chosera) with my DMT XXC. Works great for me. Mine go up to 3000 grit. Only stone I don't use it for is Nubatama Bamboo 150- use loose 60 grit silicone carbide for that. Has not ruined my 3000 Chosera or 2000 Shapton.

That has been main use of my XXC for approx 2 years now. I tend to reprofile a decent amount of my blades to zero grind convexes, so it gets a decent amount of use. Still holding up fine after moderate use in that time.
 
Slim7 said:
I just bought a set of Shapton pro waterstones and a Naniwa 12k stone. I haven't received them yet but I heard they need lapping from the factory. I was wandering if a Dmt xxc would be to coarse to lap all of my stones.
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That's what I have used a lot for the Shapton Pros and Norton water stones which are fairly soft when flattening.
You may want to go with the Atoma 140 for conditioning more durable stones like the Shapton Glass.

Here are a couple of links to discussions :
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I didn't find the really good thread I was thinking of but here is another one with similar good info
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