Gluing a flattening stone back together?

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KennyB

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The other day my flattening stone fell off of the table and snapped along one of the flutes that are cut in the top. The break is pretty clean, but then again it's still on stone so the surface there is pretty rough inherently.

I'm wondering how putting it back together with a water-proof epoxy would work out for me. My biggest concern is whether I can actually glue it back together flat, but I suppose I could always just use something to flatten it down after gluing it to make sure it's true.

Then it's just a matter of whether that it will hold together. What do you guys think? Here's pics

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I don't know, something about it seems like it wouldn't' work to me, but I don't have anything to try. I know I would at least have to figure out a way to get all the moisture out of the stone for whatever adhesive to work.
 
Completely dry the stone first. Then use epoxy on the break, while simulaneously gluing the back of the stone to a flat, rigid surface to add strength.
 
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Bill DeShivs said:
Completely dry the stone first. Then use epoxy on the break, while simulaneously gluing the back of the stone to a flat, rigid surface to add strength.
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All right, that sounds like a good plan.

Any woods that you think would stand up to the water well? It would be nice to keep the backing small for storage purposes, and wood seems easier to cut than anything else I can think of. Maybe acrylic...
 
Ahhhh.. another victim of Norton flattening stone syndrome. Mine arrived last week to my dismay, because I thought it was a different brand. Not even sure I'm going to bother with it since it will probably fall apart soon enough.

Edit: Perhaps you'd like a NIB one showing up at your door, no charge? Turn your PM on if you could..
 
BladeChemist said:
Ahhhh.. another victim of Norton flattening stone syndrome. Mine arrived last week to my dismay, because I thought it was a different brand. Not even sure I'm going to bother with it since it will probably fall apart soon enough.

Edit: Perhaps you'd like a NIB one showing up at your door, no charge? Turn your PM on if you could..
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Yeah, I've been thinking about picking up one from a different brand. I mean, I suppose it works okay, but I wind up having to flatten out the flattening one sand paper too much, and that just kind of defeats the purpose. It's really fast though so that's the good part.

Oh, and I think I'd like to take you up on that offer, but I don't think private messages are available to basic members, just email.

@Bill

Thanks for the advice. Didn't think about metal, maybe there's a piece of sheet metal that is already to size.
 
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