Post by Emerald on Apr 28, 2005 15:55:38 GMT -5
For my combination unit...
After listening to Doc talk about how important it is to hit the same surface time after time...here's the poor rock hunters solution. He mentioned using tinker toys, and well, since I'm not that coordinated, here was my solution. Keep in mind this is NOT a permanent fix, nor have I tried it yet.
bought THREE 1 x 4 x 2 pieces of Maple. Glued and clamped them for about 3 days.
Then, cut it into a block on the table saw and drilled a 1/2" hole to fit 1/2" oak dowels I made.
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Then, cut the block in half so I had a channel to slide the dop stick towards and away from the diamond lap.
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Drilled a hole in my combination unit. *gulp*, lined it up with the bolt, and drilled additional holes in the maple block. I would have preferred having a routered groove for this, so I could slide the block back and forth, but alas, drill holes will have to do. (Did this to avoid using just one spot time after time on my diamond lap) At this point, I'll do one stone at a time and will move the block over a notch when I'm done with the stone. Think this will work?
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Last but not least, I'll have to index each of the dops to the diamond lap before I use them. This should hopefully allow me to hit the same face repeatedly. I was getting some undercutting before and quite literally not hitting the same plane every time.
With the leftover wood, I should be able to cut several blocks that will also allow me to do a variety of angles. (Drill 1/2" hole again at an angle, cut it in half and use the channel I cut to support the dop stick.
I want to oil or wax the maple block and do something to the channel to ease the movement of the dop. It's a pretty smooth motion right now, but wonder once I get it nasty, will it no longer hold the dop stick neatly in place. By the way, I chose maple because of it's fine grain pattern and I should get very little swelling of the wood compared to pine. Suggestions?
With this setup, I can change out the diamond laps easily without wrecking the stone.
Waddya think? Will it work? Taking Bets! ;D
After listening to Doc talk about how important it is to hit the same surface time after time...here's the poor rock hunters solution. He mentioned using tinker toys, and well, since I'm not that coordinated, here was my solution. Keep in mind this is NOT a permanent fix, nor have I tried it yet.
bought THREE 1 x 4 x 2 pieces of Maple. Glued and clamped them for about 3 days.
Then, cut it into a block on the table saw and drilled a 1/2" hole to fit 1/2" oak dowels I made.
-------------------------------------------
Then, cut the block in half so I had a channel to slide the dop stick towards and away from the diamond lap.
-------------------------------------------
Drilled a hole in my combination unit. *gulp*, lined it up with the bolt, and drilled additional holes in the maple block. I would have preferred having a routered groove for this, so I could slide the block back and forth, but alas, drill holes will have to do. (Did this to avoid using just one spot time after time on my diamond lap) At this point, I'll do one stone at a time and will move the block over a notch when I'm done with the stone. Think this will work?
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Last but not least, I'll have to index each of the dops to the diamond lap before I use them. This should hopefully allow me to hit the same face repeatedly. I was getting some undercutting before and quite literally not hitting the same plane every time.
With the leftover wood, I should be able to cut several blocks that will also allow me to do a variety of angles. (Drill 1/2" hole again at an angle, cut it in half and use the channel I cut to support the dop stick.
I want to oil or wax the maple block and do something to the channel to ease the movement of the dop. It's a pretty smooth motion right now, but wonder once I get it nasty, will it no longer hold the dop stick neatly in place. By the way, I chose maple because of it's fine grain pattern and I should get very little swelling of the wood compared to pine. Suggestions?
With this setup, I can change out the diamond laps easily without wrecking the stone.
Waddya think? Will it work? Taking Bets! ;D
