Atoma Diamond Lapping Plate

It made quick work of lapping japanese natural stones too.

Atoma diamond lapping plate.

It s not as fast as the 140 but doesn t put deep scratches like the 140 does. The 1200x can be used for fine lapping or general sharpening and leaves a toothed edge on kitchen knives. Tsuboman atoma diamond sharpening plates diamond stone diamond plate diamond sharpener are products of tsuboman a superb japanese manufacturer with very refined products. The 400x is suitable for fast lapping truing water stones or shaping a primary bevel.

Because the diamonds are arranged in a dot pattern rather than a continuous surface there is less tendency for them to stick to the stones when lapping. Atoma diamond plates come in three grits. This particular coarse is a little more coarse than i usually need for sharpening purposes but i would imagine the higher coarse atoma stones will perform very well. This construction makes the plates durable rust resistant and reliable for lapping.

Atoma diamond plates are conveniently sized 210mm 8 1 4 long x 75mm 2 13 16 wide the atoma diamond plates are a great size with plenty of surface area for use as sharpening stones or as lapping plates for flattening other stones. It will lap sharpening stones with ease and in less than 1 minute it will flatten stones like shaptons or choseras. The 140x is for rapid material removal. The quality and durability of these atoma plates are of the highest we.

The atoma is a very high quality stone. These plates are made of mono crystalline diamonds as the abrasive surface on stainless steel body made of 10mm think machined aluminium plate. The micron equivalents are 100 45 and 15 respectively the plates are generously sized at 3 x 8 1 4 so they ll easily handle your largest plane blades. The atoma plates work really well for lapping stones and doing initial bevel setting as well as repair work on your knives.