Oil Stone Cleaning - how to?

Nice stone.

I have what I think could be a charnley forest. Picked it up for 50p so not too worried if not that great.

my first question is... it comes in a box, loose fitting and not exactly stable, should I permanently fix it into the bottom of the box so that it is more robust and steady to use?

And should I use epoxy for that?

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Nice stone.

I have what I think could be a charnley forest. Picked it up for 50p so not too worried if not that great.

my first question is... it comes in a box, loose fitting and not exactly stable, should I permanently fix it into the bottom of the box so that it is more robust and steady to use?

And should I use epoxy for that?

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Looks like a Charnley, nice find. Epoxy should hold it in place depending how oil soaked the box is, you could mix some plaster in with the epoxy to increase it's filling ability if the stone is a very loose fit. Pitch or plaster of paris used to be the traditional way.
 
Nice stone.

I have what I think could be a charnley forest. Picked it up for 50p so not too worried if not that great.

my first question is... it comes in a box, loose fitting and not exactly stable, should I permanently fix it into the bottom of the box so that it is more robust and steady to use?

And should I use epoxy for that?

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I have few stones like that and I always fold a wet towel and place the stone on it and use like that or you can hold it and use that way.
 
Looks like a Charnley, nice find. Epoxy should hold it in place depending how oil soaked the box is, you could mix some plaster in with the epoxy to increase it's filling ability if the stone is a very loose fit. Pitch or plaster of paris used to be the traditional way.

Thanks, Alan and Sezer,

Great advice. I could use the wet towel but would like to make a permanent job of it. Don't have any pitch or plaster so think I will have a go at the Epoxy.

I now have 2/3 flat ready to use, probably will not take it down far enough to get it all flat, I would loose a lot of stone.

Thanks again.
 
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