Atoma Diamond Lapping Plate

The 140x is for rapid material removal.

Atoma diamond lapping plate.

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. It flattens very quickly faster than the shapton diamond lapping plate and has shown no sign of wearing. Tsuboman atoma diamond sharpening plates diamond stone diamond plate diamond sharpener are products of tsuboman a superb japanese manufacturer with very refined products. The quality and durability of these atoma plates are of the highest we.

Atoma diamond plates come in three grits. Much like the atoma 140 the 400 is very coarse. 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 are conveniently sized 210mm 8 1 4 long x 75mm 2 13 16 wide the atoma diamond plates are a great size with plenty of surface area for use as sharpening stones or as lapping plates for flattening other stones.

It s not as fast as the 140 but doesn t put deep scratches like the 140 does. 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. The atoma is a very high quality stone. 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.

This construction makes the plates durable rust resistant and reliable for lapping. 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 made quick work of lapping japanese natural stones too.