I think I got a little impulsive when I bought these diamond stones.
Sure they're neat long 300x and 800x equivalent diamond stones, but they're quite low quality compared to the DMT, Eze-lap brands. They are not accurately level, the yellow 300x is noticeably concave when used as a stone flattener; the hollow dimples in the diamond plate seemed like a good idea to speed up cutting and clear swarf but more or less just scratched knives or stones. I use the 800x orange stone since it's flatter than the yellow one and leaves less scratches as well.
This stones have been replaced with DMT D8XX and D8C for heavy stock removal and stone flattening (more of the latter). I killed the yellow bench stone flattening a Imanishi ‘Pink Brick’ 220x.
If you’re looking for good quality diamond stones in Australia, Everten Online stocks a lot of DMTs and Japan Tool carries the more expensive but very advanced design Atoma diamond plates.
Original post:26DEC07, Updated:16OCT08
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