It will lap sharpening stones with ease and in less than 1 minute it will flatten stones like shaptons or choseras.
Atoma diamond lapping plate.
These plates are made of mono crystalline diamonds as the abrasive surface on stainless steel body made of 10mm think machined aluminium plate.
The quality and durability of these atoma plates are of the highest we.
The 140x is for rapid material removal.
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.
140 for fast material removal 400 for creating a primary bevel and 1200 for final honing.
Atoma diamond plates come in three grits.
Tsuboman atoma diamond sharpening plates diamond stone diamond plate diamond sharpener are products of tsuboman a superb japanese manufacturer with very refined products.
This construction makes the plates durable rust resistant and reliable for lapping.
The 400x is suitable for fast lapping truing water stones or shaping a primary bevel.
It s not as fast as the 140 but doesn t put deep scratches like the 140 does.
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.
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.
The atoma is a very high quality stone.
It made quick work of lapping japanese natural stones too.
It flattens very quickly faster than the shapton diamond lapping plate and has shown no sign of wearing.
Much like the atoma 140 the 400 is very coarse.