Any suggestions on how to flatten my Norton 4000/8000 stone while overseas? I don't have a lot of resources available to me, mostly wood and sandpaper. I read about the D8C but im trying not to get anything more shipped to me. Any help would be great, thanks.
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You can use sandpaper to flatten your Norton stones, many including myself do. You will need something flat to back the sane paper, A piece of THICK glass or a cutout from a granite counter top, something like that. Some go as far as getting a granite surface plate that is machined to a very close tolerance. You might be able to get away with a stone tile, marble or the like, something that has been machined / ground flat, not a ceramic tile that has been fired. I have been using a thick piece of glass. I started by gluing the sandpaper down with a spray adhesive, but have found that if I wet both sides of the sandpaper with water that it will stick to the glass well enough with only the surface tension of the water.
For a 4000 / 8000 stone you might try silicon carbide wet or dry sand paper somewhere in the 400 grit range.
For a 4000 / 8000 stone you might try silicon carbide wet or dry sand paper somewhere in the 400 grit range.
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Thanks, I think I can gather those materials.
