Grinding a sharpening stone?

grease-man

grease-man

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About a year ago I dropped my tri-hone sharpening system on my shop floor. Two of the Arkansas stones broke and I kept them around thinking I could do something with them. Question is, can I dress up the stones so that they might be salvageable as pocket stones or something for the tool box on my belt grinder or hard wheel grinder? I don't have any lapidary equipment, and I don't want to do any thing dangerous and hurt myself. One of the pieces might require quite a bit of work. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears! Thanks. -Matt-
 
You can grind them with your belt grinder, but it will be very slow and hard on belts. I usually dress my arkansas stones back flat once a few times a year using aluminum oxide, or silicon carbide sandpaper. It will cut them, but it will put a shine on the paper pretty quick too.
As usual, take precautions not to breathe the dust.
 
Use a X-coarse grit diamond plate/stone to flatten and shape the stones. You can also buy a flattening stone for shaping and flattening water stones from Norton. A tile saw (mud saw) will make short work of any trimming you need on the stones.Lastly, an abrasive cutoff wheel in an angle grinder will work (be careful and wear full protective gear - especially a full face shield).
Stacy
 
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