Odd Job Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 After a number of uses, you start to see wear long the length of the diamond stone (you typically only see it inserted one way on a multi edge tuner) Any negative points on inserting it like so to get longer life out of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmless Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 have the same tuner. i have to use it like that too with longer stones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 No problems doing it that way and you'll be able to utilize more of your stones, but its really worth investing in fixed guides. Those multi-tool barely get a good bite and are pain overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Job Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 What do you mean by good bite? No problems doing it that way and you'll be able to utilize more of your stones, but its really worth investing in fixed guides. Those multi-tool barely get a good bite and are pain overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I was told to use mine like that on boards with under a 10m sidecut. Smaller than that, the stone doesn't get a good enough contact on the edge with that tool. Apart from that, I take some cream cleanser and a stiff toothbrush to the stones, and that seems to work pretty well for cleaning them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Tat Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Apart from that, I take some cream cleanser and a stiff toothbrush to the stones, and that seems to work pretty well for cleaning them up. I'm with Alee in that I find mine get wax buildup on them before they actually wear. Typically I just leave them in a small plastic bottle of base cleaner. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Job Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Anyone here finding that their 70mm stones aren't truly flat? here... I have this in ALL my stones, grey, black, blue, red, green. the grey/black i used like once or twice in my life, so I cannot possibly see this "deformation" as being the stone bending to the sidecut (tuning a ~8m freeride board mostly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Job Posted October 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 bumping this, any thoughts on the non flatness of these dmt's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckmann AG Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 ^ Unless you are grinding telescope mirrors, you needn't give it additional thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Job Posted November 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Thank you. I tend to be VERY OCD. :( Spoke to a good tuner at a local shop about this, told me it didn't matter as long as I inserted it a certain way :) ^Unless you are grinding telescope mirrors, you needn't give it additional thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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