Diamond Lapping Plate

This lapping plate will gain you an extra 3 or 4 percent in performance over the trend diamond stone.

Diamond lapping plate.

Diamond flattening stone lapping plate double sided extra large 10x3 inch 120 180 grit diamond sharpening plate fixing stone flattener 4 2 out of 5 stars 113 22 99 22. Made by embedding diamonds in float glass with a coating of nickel. Oil soluble pastes won t cause corrosion. Apply with cylinder laps buffing wheels and bobs or lapping sticks.

Using the new revolutionary dmt diamond hardcoat technology this lapping plate outlasts any other diamond coating in the market. Flat to 0 0005 and coated with the revolutionary dmt diamond hardcoat technology the 120grit aggressive diamond coating makes short work of not only flattening any conventional oilstone or waterstone but with a lighter touch and is also the go to tool for maintaining your stones as well. Measuring 3 3 16 x 10 x 15 16 it is intended for use on shapton ceramic water stones of grits 500 to 30 000. Dia flat lapping plate is designed to easily flatten all conventional stones and waterstones in less time than other methods.

The plate substrate is flat to with 5 micron putting it in a league by itself for flattening. If you will be using your dia flat primarily for flattening the backs of tools the 95 micron plate is a better option as it leaves a smoother scratch. Dia flat lapping plates are available with 120 or 95 micron diamond abrasive. Also think about the amount of sharpening you do a good quality abrasive flattening stone may be a good value but a quality diamond lapping plate may be more cost effective if you need to regularly flatten water stones.

The plate arrived well packaged and included a small aluminum straight edge and a diamond breaker which is a square plate of steel with which you swirl the edge against the lapping plate to wear it in leveling the surface so that there aren t any errant diamonds gouging deep scratches into your sharpening stones. Grit and microns are approximate. With a consistent aggressive diamond surface and precision ground hand certified flat to 0 0005 the dia flat assures rigid execution when flattening stones. Diamond cuts more quickly lasts longer and leaves a finer finish than other lapping compounds.

Greater surface area for ease of use. 3 wide x 10 long. A lapping plate larger than the stone to be flattened is generally preferable. Using the new revolutionary dmt diamond hardcoat technology this lapping plate outlasts any other diamond coating in the market.

120 micron dia flat is our favorite for flattening sharpening stones and heavy material removal to repair edges.