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    Alfredo
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    Anybody has tried the 3microns diamond stones?
    Comments? Experiences? Any input is welcome. :woohoo:

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    Lance Waller
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    +1^^^^^

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    Aaron kimpton
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    I would be interested also. It seems like this should come after the first set of ceramics?

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    blacksheep25
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    dulledge
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    Unfortunately link in previous post is broken. Page not found.

    Did anybody have experience with 3 Micron Diamond Stone ? In which scenarios do you use it? How long was the break in period? What is special about this stone that makes it different from diamond lapping film or strops?

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    cbwx34
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    No experience with the stones, but here’s the link…

     

    Confused by 3 micron diamond stones

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    tcmeyer
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    That gessweincanada.com chart matches the one I got from Advancedabrasives.com almost exactly.  It lists 15 micron as being equivalent to 1200 grit and 9 micron as being equivalent to 1800 grit.  When I switched to film, the 15/9 films effectively replaced the 1200/1600 ceramics.  The scratch patterns look extremely similar and I feel that the film is more consistent.

    There’s been some discussion (see cwbx’s link Confused by 3 micron diamond stones) about bad scratches with the 3 mu diamond stones.  I don’t have a pair, but I’ve had some experience with breaking in a set of 800/1000’s which revealed some freakish clusters of grit standing proud of the surface.  The clusters were oriented parallel to the stone, so they resisted normal break-in and continued to produce really bad scratches well beyond the normal break-in period.  It was when it badly chipped my ZDP Delica that I finally did an inspection and found the offending clusters.  I clamped up a short section of plate glass and worked the edge for maybe ten or twenty strokes at normal pressures and the clusters were gone.  I imagine the possibility exists for similar problem with the 3 micron stones.

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