Oil, Water, or Nothing for DMT Stones

With diamond hones, nothing. I tried using water, but other than getting the work area wet, I didn't see any particular value from it.
 
Like I said, to each his own, whatever blows up your skirt. I prefer water on diamond stones and 10w whateverIhaveonhand for my Arkansas or as my Hillbilly dad called it (yes, that makes me a hillbilly) wetrock. He taught me how to raise a burr on the medium side of the wetrock and knock it down on the fine side.

He had 2 edges. One was a working edge for cutting cardboard and the like, and the other was for shaving hair and impressing people. Only one blade on his stockman had that edge.

Side note -- Not that we couldn't afford to buy it but, Dad would take 1/2 dozen pocket knives from the guy with the produce market home and sharpen them for produce. He taught me how to sharpen with that gentlemen's knives when I was a young buck. Sorry if I rambled. I do that sometimes. :)
 
So I got the kit earlier than I thought I would and started with it last night. I decided to go with water. 2 reasons mainly. First is that I like to keep the dust down, and even with water, as the stones dry out a little, there is some dust evident. It's minimal, but dust like that has really started to bother me lately, last 5 years or so. Second, I considered oil, but the kit warns against it. I'd probably try it anyway, but the biggest problem with oil I can see is it would make the clamp and stone holder even more slippery than they are already. Not a hassle I want to deal with, so it's water for now.
 
I have always used them dry.

I wipe them off with a paper towel as I am using them to see how well they work.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top