That's a great tip, Jim. I never thought to use the side of one of the wheels on my bench grinder when that was all I owned. Mine bench grinder does have side guards that would have to be unscrewed and dismounted. Now I have a four station wet/dry cabachon maker that has a six inch flat polishing wheel on one side that you can stick different diamond grit discs on. I like it because there's no mandrel in the middle and it's easy to change the discs.
Adam Hupe' turned me on to these neat diamond grit hard sponge sanding blocks used in finishing granite counter tops and auto body work. You can buy a set of different grits from 80 to 2000 on E-Bay for around $100.00 and they can be used wet, or dry. You can also buy an inexpensive portable (about the size of a shoe box) DC to AC Inverter to clip to your vehicle battery to power your grinder, or Dremel in the field. Must run the engine to get the amps neeeded. Best regards to all, Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: May 30, 2011 4:27 AM >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Taking a look inside a chondrite meteorite > >My favorite way of windowing potential meteorites is with a bench grinder. >Using the side of the wheel will leave a nice flat and smooth surface in >about a second. To bad they don't make them to run off a 12 volt automotive >outlet for use in the field. > >Cheers, >Jim K > >In a message dated 5/29/2011 7:50:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: >G'Day Chris, Jim, Count and List >Yes, I find the dremel diamond wheel very good >http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=dreme >l+diamond&cp=9&pq=dremel+cut+off+wheel&rlz=1R2GGLT_enUS329&bav=on.2,or.r >_gc.r_pw.&biw=1004&bih=599&wrapid=tlif130671641171810&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm= >shop&cid=10807187833479235161&sa=X&ei=_ujiTb2mMu3ciAKvp9mdBg&sqi=2&ved=0 >CF8Q8gIwAQ# > >Cheers >John Cabassi >IMCA # 2125 > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim >Wooddell >Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 4:49 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Taking a look inside a chondrite meteorite > > >Hello Chris, > >I use a dremel diamond wheel when I am in the field from my truck and it >works perfect. Just have to be careful on the amount of pressure >applied. > >You can see me using them in my YouTube videos....from my website >http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org . Check them out if you have time! > >Kind Regards, > >Jim Wooddell > > > >On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Chris Spratt <[email protected]> >wrote: >> Hi Listers: >> >> I have a couple of dozen NWA chondrite all unnamed and unclassified. >> I haven't a lapidary saw or power grinder so I'm trying to file an >> edge off each meteorite with a hand file to see what I may have. >> Tried various files for metal that my late Dad left me in his old tool > >> kit. Most don't make a mark. Can anyone recommend what type of file to > >> use. Would a Dremel grinding stone work? If so which one? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Chris. Spratt >> Victoria, BC >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
