Mods and other stones for EdgePro?

Hey, no problem! I think you'll be extremely pleased with the Atoma, if you've been re-profiling with the stock 120, you'll think you just mounted a bench grinder to your EP. :D
 
I ordered the Atoma #140 a couple days ago and it's on the way. I emailed them regarding a 1/2" width Atoma stone for EP and Tom told me they could probably do it as a special order but he has to consider a time frame. I'm still waiting for him to get back to me.

For the mean time, I ordered some EZ lap 1/4" x 1/4" x 6" diamond rods and I'm going to try and mount it on a homemade blank. I will mainly use it for recurved blades. We'll see how it turns out and I will report back.
 
Been using the Congress Tools Moldmaster 320/400 and 600 grit Silicon Carbide stones on my EP, mostly the 320 and 400.

They don't show any wear and they cut VERY fast and clean and it doesn't matter what steel it is either.
 
I'll bet those would do a particularly good job of evening out the rather coarse scratch pattern left after the diamond plates... I generally use the stock 120 for that, given that I don't really care to use it for anything else. Feels like a piece of steel covered in sand, I can't abide the feel of it.

Of the stock stones, the 320 is by far my favourite. If I could only have three stones, I'd have the Atoma 140, the stock 320, and a Chosera or Shapton around 5K.
 
Komitadjie said:
I'll bet those would do a particularly good job of evening out the rather coarse scratch pattern left after the diamond plates... I generally use the stock 120 for that, given that I don't really care to use it for anything else. Feels like a piece of steel covered in sand, I can't abide the feel of it.

Of the stock stones, the 320 is by far my favourite. If I could only have three stones, I'd have the Atoma 140, the stock 320, and a Chosera or Shapton around 5K.
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Good stuff, I just ordered some of this stuff including the angle block and collar. I have been using the marker and the loupe but I would like some more precision. I also get sick of leveling the stock edge pro 120 stone and look forward to the Atoma. I bought a couple Choseras 5k and 10k to go a little further than my tapes. Perhaps I will buy the others later to use instead of the tapes.

Has anyone used the leather, balsa or felt mounted to the edge pro blanks?
 
Ankerson said:
Been using the Congress Tools Moldmaster 320/400 and 600 grit Silicon Carbide stones on my EP, mostly the 320 and 400.

They don't show any wear and they cut VERY fast and clean and it doesn't matter what steel it is either.
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A few questions Ank, I hope you don't mind.

How about the 600? I heard it is a bit softer than the 320/400. Have you flattened it yet? What do you lubricate your moldmasters with?
 
singularity35 said:
A few questions Ank, I hope you don't mind.

How about the 600? I heard it is a bit softer than the 320/400. Have you flattened it yet? What do you lubricate your moldmasters with?
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It's not really softer I don't think, I haven't had to flatten any of them yet. :D
 
singularity35 said:
Thanks, and I dug up an old post. Do you still use windex to lubricate? Or have you found something better?
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I use Windex on my Norton stones.

Use Water with dish soap on the Congress stones, I just have to clean them out once in awhile with a brush and soap under hot water.
 
I have the whole set of standard EP stones up to the 1200 & the tapes & am thinking of springing for one of Jende's diamond sets. Which standard stone do you move to after the 1200 diamond? Also, does the DMT set match the height of the standard EP stones?
 
jeffphansen77 said:
I have the whole set of standard EP stones up to the 1200 & the tapes & am thinking of springing for one of Jende's diamond sets. Which standard stone do you move to after the 1200 diamond? Also, does the DMT set match the height of the standard EP stones?
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That would be the 600 grit EP stone.
 
The DMTs are a fair bit thicker than the standard stones, but with the drill collar that really doesn't matter.
 
It's a 5/16ths, according to the measurement I did on my Apex.

The collar is definitely easier, and takes up a lot less vertical space.
 
A few questions. I browsed the Congress Tools site and I was looking at the Moldmaster stones. The price range for a 1/2" or 1" x 1/8" x 6" stone was anywhere from $2.10 to $4.55.

Is that really the price for the stones?

What is this "drill collar" you guys speak of?

Where do the Moldmaster stones fall on the Grand Unified Grit Chart?
 
@jsp:

The Moldmaster stones from CongressTools.com are amazingly inexpensive. I believe this is because their market is industrial manufacturing, and not customers (but not entirely sure about this). Their other abrasive stones are also very inexpensive. I think the only downside is most of their main line of abrasive stones only go up to 600 grit, except for their Super-Fine stones which go up to 1200 (soft aluminum oxide). Following Ankerson's suggestions, I'm now a huge fan of CongressTools.com.

They also sell other stuff I would love to play with, but can't afford. How about an ultrasonic-polisher for sharpening knives? :D

By "drill collar" people are talking about various shaft collars: mechanical "rings" which you can clamp/loosen on shafts. You can buy some here (many types and sizes):
http://www.mcmaster.com/#shaft-collars/=e0t4d4

Sincerely,
--Lagrangian

P.S. I'm not sure where the Moldmaster stones fall in the Grand Unified Grit Chart, but hopefully others can comment on that.
 
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Lagrangian said:
@jsp:

The Moldmaster stones from CongressTools.com are amazingly inexpensive. I believe this is because their market is industrial manufacturing, and not customers (but not entirely sure about this). Their other abrasive stones are also very inexpensive. I think the only downside is most of their main line of abrasive stones only go up to 600 grit, except for their Super-Fine stones which go up to 1200 (soft aluminum oxide). Following Ankerson's suggestions, I'm now a huge fan of CongressTools.com.

They also sell other stuff I would love to play with, but can't afford. How about an ultrasonic-polisher for sharpening knives? :D

By "drill collar" people are talking about various shaft collars: mechanical "rings" which you can clamp/loosen on shafts. You can buy some here (many types and sizes):
http://www.mcmaster.com/#shaft-collars/=e0t4d4

Sincerely,
--Lagrangian

P.S. I'm not sure where the Moldmaster stones fall in the Grand Unified Grit Chart, but hopefully others can comment on that.
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I emailed them awhile back asking about the Micron ratings on the 320, 400 and 600 grit Moldmasters, never heard back from them.
 
So these drill collars, are they for attaching stones? Are you guys talking about installing the collar to the EP stone arm? Do you guys have any pics you can post for better clarification?
 
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