I like to use the wide blades, they cut faster and don't flex when the specimen is twisted by accident. There is less meteorite surface that needs to be smoothed off when you are done cutting if you use the bigger thicker blade. A vice like a work mate, and a good hand grinder makes initial smoothing go much faster. A good old fashioned bench grinder takes off the saw cuts pretty fast too, saves a lot of time spent standing over your specimen wondering what to take off and what not to take off.. Plenty of 80 grit sanding wheels get the task of initial smoothing done right with the program. When you are all done you can use a good wet/dry shop vac to clean up your mess and save those nice pieces of coarsely ground meteoritte for later, and put in a pie!
DF
tett wrote:
I have tried tile saws with some success. Unfortunately the cutting loss is great. Also tile saws do not leave smooth cuts because the slice needs to be hand feed through the saw. After the cut you really need to sand the cut face with various grits of paper until you have an acceptable smooth face.
Using a tile saw is only good for cheaper, and soft, NWA stones. Still lots of fun though.
Cheers,
tett Owen Sound, Ontario
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Hi List, will a (wet) 7in.tile saw cut meteorites? Thanks!!! Thanks, Tom peregrineflier <>< IMCA 6168 http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm http://fstop.proboards24.com/
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