Also the wire saw has industrial uses a lap saw couldn't handle. We have cut
big pure silicon blocks (6 tall) at 0.5mm thickness. Or how about a 5 x 12
block of spinel that costs 25,000, cut at 0.25mm thickness. A lap saw would
eat this material and send shards of glass everywhere. When
That reminds me of the time I was slicing an indochinite into thin
transparent slices. Several slices came out very well. But, about
half-way through the slicing, the remaining endcut caught on the blade
and was hurled into the ceiling, where it shattered and showered me
with glassy shards.
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