Hi all, I have to side with Elton. The diamonds on the blade are what allow it to cut through iron. With a Ureilite it is diamomd against diamond.
A few years ago Rob (Nakhla Dog) had a huge (Just over a kilo) Ureilite. I said I would put a polished face on it. I had envisioned a beautiful cut/polish. I was not willing to return it defaced so I kept at it. I used over $2K in Buehler diamond disks trying to smooth out the damage I had done with several blades. Don't take the Ureilites lightly! Tom In a message dated 9/16/2007 6:13:50 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <<< I can't say for sure but I bet my saw wouldn't have a problem with them. After all I can cut the hardest irons with little effort and most condrites cut like butter. However, my blade is .060 thick so cut loss would be greater. >>> te he he-- I am skeptical, David--Blade loss would be greater don't you mean? Be it remembered that ureilites are chock full with nano diamonds? Seems to me that is a war of attrition with the diamonds. While the blade is cutting the Ureilite the Ureilite is cutting the blade; metal,diamond and, all. Hello Dave,btw I'd not had the pleasure of snipping you until now. Consider yourself snipped-- welcome to the clan. Elton ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
