Does the surface of your Extra Fine plate (D8E-8) have a waviness pattern caused by the milling operation during manufacture? Mine has a 0.005 inch deep machining marks and nicks caused prior to diamond coating. My interpretation is only the diamonds...
1417116
No, all DMT's are machine smooth before any coating. I have their entire line and all mine are within a few microns of smooth.
2134881
Mine had a groove / indent around the edge.I actually cut mine up to use as a throat plate for my table saw, so it didn't matter much either way to me. I had to adjust the set screw on a couple plates I made because of the indent.
217216
I haven't experienced that problem with this cutter, but with my old Fiskars cutter, that would happen when the cutting strip became worn and the blade would get off into a groove. Once I replaced the strip, the measure would once again be accurate.
476852
This is mysterious. Raise the blade up as high as it will go and check with a square that you trust to see if the blade is truly perpendicular to the table. Make sure that the throat plate is not throwing off this check for square. If the blade is square to the table top, then you might try a run-out gauge on the saw's arbor. Excessive run-out is less likely in my opinion and probably wouldn't cause the uneven bases in any event. Finally, make sure you have a backer board behind your work piece.
2076858
So far, I haven't experienced that, I use about an inch (in width) of hair at a time. I've had it for a few months now and have only used it 2 or 3 times. The only thing that I don't like is that the coating on the plates is starting to chip off. I think it's too soon for anything like this to be happening and I hope this won't lead to too much heat on my hair.
1885692
Sounds like it was not sanded enough. Finish should have been the the sample provided before top coating.
920958
Mine is exceptionally flat. I am not sure, however, if I would notice the difference between five or ten- thousandths of an inch in a chisel or plane blade. All I can tell you is my DWT 8 inch (all 3) was money well invested. Like the others, you wouldn't see a gap against a dead flat surface.
467387
The plates I received were not etched deep enought to accept any form of polish including konad special polish. Other reviews had no problem whatsoever with their plates. Buy them and find out for yourself. They didn't work for me.
1519143
Not necessarily defective. It could be the backing pad you are using. There are three available, soft, medium, and hard. The unit comes with the medium. I bought the hard and soft pads as well. Hard pad is for flat surfaces, fast removal. . Soft pad for items that may have contours . Most sanders will have the same issue as yours. I just change the pad to fit the surface I am working with. I was sanding primer off some 4x4 cedar posts; started off with the hard pad, but found the soft to do a better job. Dry a different backing pad. Easy to change with an allen wrench.
710866
Not really. The grit of diamond dust is not as fine as eluded too. Had a feeling you were after bead reaming.
2277539
I don't know specifically, I have. Diamond bright finish. By the way, this particular stopped circulating after two months. I would not recommend it.
680834
Ultra Fine did it for me. You can also strop after Ultra for an even finer edge! BTW go very easily w/ the Ultra Fine stones. It does not require many passes per side and with very light pressure.
2267257
Hi,I did check mine,don't see any machine marks, checked out flat and smooth within accuracy of 0.001,now 0.005 is just way to much.I will return that for another one,thanks for info!!!!!
1277698
Gee, I don't know, never had that happen. It's made of cast iron..... and the mfg co (Lodge) coats their ironware with an oil and bakes it on. You might want to check with Lodge (online maybe) and see what they tell you. Send them a photo of the edge you are concerned about, maybe.
416201
I have had no problems with my eights pieces. The black finish is just oil and can be scrubbed of with soap and water or a steel wool scouring pad.
1769319
I would assume so - artificial diamonds are structurally as tough as real ones, and the cleaning action is from the agitation of the water molecules and micro-particles of dirt. The crystal itself wouldn't 'feel' anything unusual. I would check with a jeweler though, to be absolutely sure.
1038981
I don't have that problem. I suspect that the blade cover (housing) is not properly inserted into machine. The gap between blade and blade cover is pretty small such that only minimal debris is collected. That has been my experience.