On Sunday 27 April 2014 05:56:33 Gregg Eshelman did opine: > On 4/26/2014 8:23 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > If I put any pressure on my cells they crack along a crystal border. I > > wanted to cut them down in order to make a panel small enough to lay > > on top of a garden tractor but with enough cells in series to get > > enough voltage for charging the battery. > > I wonder if a water cooled diamond tile saw would work?
I bought a blade for one of those, with an eye for using it to sharpen carbide tools. If it can shatter and essentially destroy carbide, I'm sure it could make sand out of a solar panel. The diamond is way too coarse. But dremel sells a diamond wheel about 1.75" in diameter for a $20 bill that might be usable, its fine enough to put a great finish on a carbide tool. Run the dremel at its minimum speed to reduce the heat and the rate of the diamonds ablation, and just touch it. You can't hear it touching, but with the light just right, you can see the dust of the abrasion drifting away. But, its going to be slower than the glass cutter. The guy on you-tube is not doing it right when he retraces the cut, one cut is all it takes. The flex in the support plate its laying on counts, so I'd be tempted to use the glass cutter on a granite surface plate. And I'd start with a new cutter each session. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
