Accessory for avoiding strops cross-contamination?

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[quote quote=“PhilipPasteur” post=11055]
Stones are subject to contamination just as much as strops. More applicable to the finer stones, say 5K and up of course.[/quote]

Good point. However, my 5K+ stones are all waterstones. The first thing I do before using my Choseras is soaking them and rubbing them together (same grit) in order to flatten them and then soak them again. That sort of cleans contaminations, I imagine. Shaptons are slightly different, but I use water on them, too.

What was the scrupulous lapping and cleaning you had to do?

Hahah. (I’m allowed to laugh, since I was in the same boat. Once cracked a Shapton 8K. Ouch. You feel that in your wallet.)

What’s your system? Mine consists of little plastic sandwich bags. And using both sides of the paddle strops for the same grit. (Works, but kind of expensive.)

[quote]Build a better mousetrap, and they will come !

:woohoo:[/quote]

Hahah, that’s funny. Is this a standard English expression or did you make it up?

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I had originally been thinking of a silicon or rubbery material but I think the sharp edges of the stone trays would tear it up and I agree that it would pick up a lot of dirt and debris. Lately I’ve been thinking of using the same polypropylene that we use for the trays - it’s reasonably flexible and the colors would match up just right. I’ll read through now to understand the different thoughts on open vs. closed ends etc…

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[quote quote=“mark76” post=11063]

[quote]Good point. However, my 5K+ stones are all waterstones. The first thing I do before using my Choseras is soaking them and rubbing them together (same grit) in order to flatten them and then soak them again. That sort of cleans contaminations, I imagine. Shaptons are slightly different, but I use water on them, too.

What was the scrupulous lapping and cleaning you had to do?[/quote]

The stone that I had problems with were the 5K Chosera stones. Also water stones that I follow a procedure quite like what you do. Unfortunately, it seems that hard enough material can become embedded and resist soaking,rinsing and, rubbing the stones together!

Yes… when I told Ken Schwartz about it… he laughed at me too… but it was more of a “that pretty tivial” kindo of laugh. Everything is relative I guess.

[quote]Build a better mousetrap, and they will come !

:woohoo:[/quote]

I kind of bastardized what apparently is already a bastardization of something Emerson purportedly said in the late 1880s

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door" is a phrase attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson in the late nineteenth century.[1] [2] The phrase is actually a misquotation of the statement:
If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, [2]

In 1889, seven years after Emerson’s death, came the invention of the current standard of mousetraps.[2] That same year Emerson was quoted as saying: ("pretty tough if he had been dead for 7 years ???")

If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor…"[2]

The phrase has turned into a metaphor about the power of innovation,[2] and is frequently taken literally, with more than 4,400 patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for new mousetraps, with thousands more unsuccessful applicants, making them the “most frequently invented device in U.S. history”.[1]

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Wondering if you could incorporate scribe lines into the plastic that would allow for ~ easy end removal? Sort of like punch outs on electrical boxes.

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Finally got the 3D printer up and running. I’m still learning how to use it but have had some success so far with the parts I’ve printed. Some have come out great, others less so but I was able to print some strop/stone covers and they are working well. Here is a shot of the printer with more shots of the covers to follow:

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They’re not pretty yet but they are functional. I have to tinker more with the settings in the STL file and the build file to have a more complicated part like this come out looking good. Once the additional print media show up I’ll be able to do better because I can print support structures for the overhanging lips that can be dissolved away once the part is finished printing.

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That is really cool.
Thanks for the update

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WOW…
Just way cool.

I have a couple of input files for some neat stuff…
Just need a printer now…
Yeah sure…
:woohoo:

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Funny :stuck_out_tongue: I was just thinking about these covers this morning. They look really great so far! Can’t wait to put my order in :slight_smile:

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Cool!

I think you should print out a whole WE… we could use it as a mascot. :slight_smile:

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Wow! That is cool! :cheer:

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Any updates on covers? And wondering how things go on serrated sharpening.

Thanks. Anxious on these two accessories.

Mike

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[quote quote=“Mikedoh” post=12904]Any updates on covers? And wondering how things go on serrated sharpening.

Thanks. Anxious on these two accessories.

Mike[/quote]

+1

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I have the Hard Carrying Case. If you make the covers out of a soft rubber, they will be hard to slide into the slots, just like a cell phone with a soft case is hard to slide into your pocket.

A semi hard plastic cover would be better.

JohnnyG

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[quote quote=“JohnnyG” post=12909]I have the Hard Carrying Case. If you make the covers out of a soft rubber, they will be hard to slide into the slots, just like a cell phone with a soft case is hard to slide into your pocket.

A semi hard plastic cover would be better.

JohnnyG[/quote]

Agreed. I’m thinking of using the same material that we use for the platens and handles.

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Any updates?

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I’m also curious if this has gone anywhere?

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Thanks for the reminder. We’re still working on these. Need to get the tooling done and we can start cranking them out.

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A plastic bag works pretty well, too :cheer: