FW: [meteorite-list] Cutting Meteorites

2003-11-27 Thread Charles Viau
A tip for cutting small meteorite slices (Chondrites) with a Dremmel tool is to use a thin cutoff wheel and paraffin. Take an old candle and cut into it while the wheel is spinning, then alternate a little bit of cutting the meteorite and cutting into the candle. It works miracles.  (you

FW: [meteorite-list] Cutting Meteorites

2003-11-28 Thread Charles Viau
This response got lost somehow… re-posted here, likely an attachment in thread exceeded text size limit……   The Dremmel diamond blades are nice, but don’t use them on irons or even H chondrites. They just cannot take the punishment and your $15 or $20 goes up in smoke in a few small slic

FW: [meteorite-list] Cutting Meteorites

2003-11-28 Thread tim.gingell
This information is amazing, thanks for all the help. cheers Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Charles Viau Sent: Fri 28/11/2003 07:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: FW: [meteorite-list] Cutting Meteorites