This construction makes the plates durable rust resistant and reliable for lapping.
Atoma diamond lapping plate.
The atoma is a very high quality stone.
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.
These plates are made of mono crystalline diamonds as the abrasive surface on stainless steel body made of 10mm think machined aluminium plate.
Atoma diamond plates come in three grits.
Much like the atoma 140 the 400 is very coarse.
It made quick work of lapping japanese natural stones too.
Tsuboman atoma diamond sharpening plates diamond stone diamond plate diamond sharpener are products of tsuboman a superb japanese manufacturer with very refined products.
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.
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 quality and durability of these atoma plates are of the highest we.
The 140x is for rapid material removal.
The 1200x can be used for fine lapping or general sharpening and leaves a toothed edge on kitchen knives.
The 400x is suitable for fast lapping truing water stones or shaping a primary bevel.
It flattens very quickly faster than the shapton diamond lapping plate and has shown no sign of wearing.
140 for fast material removal 400 for creating a primary bevel and 1200 for final honing.
The atoma plates work really well for lapping stones and doing initial bevel setting as well as repair work on your knives.