From: Aplanatic{at}aol.com
To: atmpob{at}yahoo.com (Dale Eason), atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: Aplanatic{at}aol.com


Hi Dale,

I've tried it.  It's a whole lot more work than a tile tool, takes much
longer to break in and doesn't work well for fine grinding.  Personally,
I'll stick with those 1" X 1" bathroom tiles that come on a
convenient mesh backing.

Have fun.  :>)

Dave Rowe

> I read with interest about putting washers on a plater tool.  Then about
using dumps (center of the washer), and finally using nickels.  The reports
said that grinding went much faster and used less amounts of grit but to
hog you needed a tool of the proper ROC.
>
> This is what I'm planning.  A friend has a 16" F5 waiting to be
polished.  I
will use that to make a subdiameter tool 12.5" out of hydrostone.  I
will cover it in nickels and use that for the hogging and fine grinding. 
I'm not sure how to attach the nickels.  They seem a little thin to just
pour the plaster around and expect them to stay put especially after
digging channels around them.  So I may just epoxy them onto the surface.
>
> Has anyone experience with this? Does anyone want to
> comment?
> Dale Eason
>
>
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