Thanks Rod. I thought of that as soon I started. The little star lap is disposable I suppose and I was intending to replace my pitch as it is the tar based one and Marc has given me some synthetic pitch. I should not use the oxide on my full size lap as you say.
The aluminium oxide is 1 micron 14000 grade . I have some 800 grade to see if I could speed it up with the tool and then repolish .
I would like to make a small kick wheel which would speed up the polishing, like the Belgian optician with his tiny double mirrors.
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Originally Posted by Rod
Hi Ray
Pleased to hear you have found a mix of strokes that are dealing with the edge. However, I’m worried about you polishing with aluminium oxide. How do you plan to clean your lap when you are ready to return to cerium oxide? Any residual grit will likely cause scratches and sleeks.
Rod.
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