On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 4:45 PM Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote:
> On 07/04/2020 12:54 PM, andy pugh wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Jul 2020 at 18:02, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > > >> Attacking HSS with diamond is a waste of time and burns up the expen$ive > >> diamond. > > Whilst it is meant to be a terrible idea, in practice it works OK. > I think it depends on surface speed. If the speed is high > enough that the sparks are totally white-hot, it will alloy > with the diamond. At lower speeds, especially where the > sparks are barely glowing, it doesn't seem to hurt the > diamond at all. > Steel bonds to diamond, and then you are cutting with steel. Maybe the resin bonded wheels just present new edges to the steel pretty easily. Diamond turning of steel is the holy grail of precision engineering. I don't think the speed has to be that high. We helped out a company that heats the steel with lasers, and it seems to work. Haven't seen what they have been up to lately. Eric Keller Boalsburg, Pennsylvania _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
