Re: Cutting stainless media

Ah hell, I'll take pity on you and post a snippet from Barranca Diamond:

"
METEORITE DIAMOND BLADES

Our Meteorite Blades are a really good answer for cutting iron meteorites,

most stoney meteorites, most metals and many composites. This special
blade 
has a unique abrasive edge of CBN ( cubic boron nitride). It is unlike 
diamond which suffers badly on most metalics, This unique edge loves to
cut 
these things. It is the best choice for these jobs, cutting goes quickly
and 
there is little lost from the thin edge.Must be used with coolant, Oil
type 
is best, Cool Lube in hight concentration is o.k.

"

-- 


Don Thompson

Stolen from Dan:  "Just thinking, besides, I watched 2 dogs mating once,
and that makes me an expert. "

There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance.
~Goethe

It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom;
it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.
~Mark Twain


"Don T" <-painter-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I have 4 inch, 6 inch, 10 inch 18 inch and 36 inch diamond saws in my
shop. 
>Therefore I undoubtedly know a tad-bit about the blades and what they
will 
>and will not do. If you "insist" on screwing up a high dollar diamond
blade 
>on 30 dollars worth of cutting   -----    go right ahead. At least buy a 
>"Meteorite" blade before attempting metal though. Or at least google 
>cutting Nickel Iron meteorites to see why a plain vanilla diamond saw
blade 
>clogs on metal.
>
> Don't **** with the bull, you'll only get the horn.
>
> -- 
>
>
> Don Thompson
>
> Stolen from Dan:  "Just thinking, besides, I watched 2 dogs mating once,
> and that makes me an expert. "
>
> There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance.
> ~Goethe
>
> It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom;
> it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.
> ~Mark Twain
>
>
> "Jeff" <clajef@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:5b5bfc15-8e07-4089-9627-9a70bf217389@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Apr 25, 12:23 pm, "Don T" <-paint...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>  HeH. "possibility", "should", etc. The result of using a diamond rock

>>> saw
>>> blade on S.S. will be to cause the S.S. to fill the blade and stop 
>>> cutting
>>> very quickly. Ever try to file Lead? Or Aluminum? Or Brass? The soft 
>>> metal
>>> clogs the teeth and has to be prevented from doing so by either a good

>>> layer
>>> of soapstone on the file teeth or by frequent carding of the file
>>>
>>> Don Thompson
>>>
>>
>> Have you ever used a diamond rock saw on metal before? I have. A
>> number of times. Are you aware that there are no "teeth" as you would
>> normally find on a saw blade? The blade is a continuous metal surface
>> with the diamond cutting "teeth" embedded within. It is vani****ngly
>> unlikely that you could "clog" such a system, but hey - I have not
>> actually run any SS through it before, so I had to qualify my
>> statement. I remain unconvinced that there would be any problems.
>> Should I get the opprotunity to test, I will so so and re****t my
>> findings.
>>
>> Jeff P
>