Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

This makes a great little assembly table for very small pieces. Set it atop anything and you have a perfectly flat surface that glue won't stick to. Also, you can't get a flatter surface for sharpening chisels, jointer knives, or whatever. A Little water and some wet/dry sandpaper and away you go.

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

I should have purchased this a long time ago. One of those necessary items in the shop.

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

Makes it so much earier to prep your chisels and hand plane blades for final honing.

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

As a metal shop guy it just seems "wrong" on so many levels putting abrasives on a surface plate,,, but it sure does work great!!! I picked mine up on travel two years ago, and packed it home. Wife still doesn't understand [$] for a flat rock ;-)

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

I got this surface plate on sale at my local Woodcraft. I used to use a big hunk of plate glass for lapping and sharpening, but this is much, much nicer. I got some stick-on (PSA) rubber feet and stuck them around the bottom to prevent it from sliding on my bench. I've used it for lapping and sharpening plane and chisel blades, and also for lapping the soles of planes. Most recently, I used it to lap the sole of my new Lie-Nielsen block plane dead flat, and I got a rusty old Stanley #3 at a garage sale and turned it into a first-class production plane (after quite a bit of lapping...) For coarse grit sandpaper, I spray on a VERY light coat of 3M 77 spray adhesive to the back of the sandpaper ONLY, wait a few minutes, then smooth it down. Sheets peel up fairly easily, and I remove adhesive residue with a razor blade followed by an acetone wipe. For wet/dray sandpaper (finer grits, up to 2000), I have a spray water bottle and I mist the surface lightly then smooth it down. Cleanup for water is just a wipe down with a paper towel. Man, I love this thing! Use it for all routine honing. Sits on the corner of my bench and gets plenty of use.

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

Love it. Who knew a flat slab of granite could put such a smile on someone's face? This thing is HEAVY! [...] The stone also comes with a factory/lab report, guaranteeing the flatness of the surface. Pretty cool.

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

If you use metal planes, or sharpen chisels and plane blades, buy one along with a wide assortment of wet-or-dry sandpaper and 3m sharpening film. You don't need to glue the sandpaper, just drop some water on the stone, and the sandpaper will stay in place. I have hundreds of dollars worth of oil stones, and water stones that now mostly stay in their cases.

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

Very glad I saw this before I purchased another item that I did not feel good about. This will be put to very good use and sure to last a very long time

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

I used this surface plate up to 1500 grit paper to get a mirror bevel on chisels. Then I restored a old Stanley plane. Perfectly flat and polished. Picked it up on sale for [$] [...]. You can't beat that!

Comments about Granite Surface Plate 9" x 12" x 2" A Grade :

Picked this granite slab up on sale and it was well worth it! I didn't have time to use it until last night and it worked great. A little moisture on the stone will lock wet/dry sandpaper to the stone surface and make it very easy to use and cleans up in a flash. I lapped a new Stanley Bailey block plane and honed the blade in one setting and couldn't be happier with how well it held the paper. The weight of the stone is very heavy which helped keep it in place.