What is diamond?
The hardest material known to men.
What are diamond's properties?
5 times harder than sapphire or ruby.
Hardness:10/10
How diamond does what it does?
Diamond particles do their work by slowly wearing out
other materials.
Heat and suddent shocks are its enemies, so slow speed
is advised.
What are the advantages of using diamond abrasives?
1) Speed:
Faster than conventional methods.
Specially efficient with harder material
like hard stones ((above 5) , glass (optics), ceramic,
shells,etc
2) Quality:
Limitates undercuting because it always cuts mixed soft and
hard material at about an equal rate.
3) Less maintenance
No dressing is necessary with diamond grinding tools
4) Economy:
When properly used, diamond tools outlast many times
any other type of tools.
What is a diamond tool?
Any tool made of diamond particles embeded in a hard material.
What are the general
principles on How to use them?
1) Always use a coolant (oil or water)
-Diamond is an excellent heat conductor.
-Heat can destroy diamonds and/or damage the material on which
it is embeded.
- Coolants help reduce heat, wash away residues (increasing
the efficiency of your tool) and keep dust from forming.
-- If used with water, wipe them dry when finished
2) Some of our saws (thin type) come with an
arrow indicating correct rotation direction. Always
install these saws so they rotate in THAT direction.
-When no arrow is present, you can run in both directions.
How do
you maintain diamond tools?
1) When using a water coolant with diamond
saws:
-Store your blades after each use or drain the water from your
machine so the blade stays dry. when not used.
If not kept dry, these blades (made out of steel) will
rust, shortening their useful life a lot.
2)Store your tools separately (specially smothing
& polishing ones) after each use to reduce risks of
contamination.
How safe is a diamond saw blade?
Since diamond saw blades cut by sort of
"grinding" into the material and are not recommended
for hi speed usage, they are not as dangerous as metal saws
with teeth. Nonetheless, care must be taken not to abuse that
fact specially with older or damaged blades, who may be
more dangerous because they are chipped or rusted rather than
because they are made out of diamond.
How to convert "mesh" units to "micron grit"?
Here are conversion tables to help you figure this out:
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Conversion table used in engineering
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U.S. Mesh
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Inches
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Microns
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Millimeter
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3
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0.2650
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6730
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6.730
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4
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0.1870
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4760
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4.760
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5
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0.1570
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4000
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4.000
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6
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0.1320
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3360
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3.360
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7
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0.1110
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2830
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2.830
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8
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0.0937
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2380
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2.380
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10
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0.0787
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2000
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2.000
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12
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0.0661
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1680
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1.680
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14
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0.0555
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1410
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1.410
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16
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0.0469
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1190
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1.190
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18
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0.0394
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1000
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1.000
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20
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0.0331
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841
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0.841
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25
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0.0280
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707
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0.707
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30
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0.0232
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595
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0.595
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35
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0.0197
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500
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0.500
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40
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0.0165
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400
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0.400
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45
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0.0138
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354
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0.354
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50
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0.0117
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297
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0.297
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60
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0.0098
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250
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0.250
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70
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0.0083
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210
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0.210
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80
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0.0070
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177
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0.177
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100
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0.0059
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149
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0.149
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120
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0.0049
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125
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0.125
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140
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0.0041
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105
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0.105
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170
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0.0035
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88
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0.088
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200
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0.0029
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74
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0.074
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230
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0.0024
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63
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0.063
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270
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0.0021
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53
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0.053
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325
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0.0017
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44
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0.044
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400
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0.0015
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37
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0.037
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Conversion table used in lapidary: grit (micron)
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60 (250 mic)
120 (125 mic)
220 (90 mic)
325 (50 mic)
400 (45 mic)
600 (30 mic)
800 (25 mic)
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1200 (15 mic)
1800 (9 mic)
3000 (6 mic)
8000 (3 mic)
14000 (1 mic)
50000 (.5 mic)
100000 (.25 mic)
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What type(s) of diamond powders do you
carry?
We offer various diamond powders.
Sizes go from 60 mesh to 1/4 micron.
We carry 3 distinct types of diamond powders:
1) Metal Bond Synthetic Diamond Powder (MBSDP):
Thanks to their superior metal bond retention,
resistance to disintegration at very high temperatures and added
strength, MBSDP is ideal for the most sensitive lapping and finishing
applications. A variety of cutting edges, high particle strength
and a blocky cubo-octahedral shape also makes MBSDP ideal for
grinding glass tungsten carbide and surfacing stones. Synthetically
created under high pressure and temperature conditions, MBSDP
is known as the product that reaches far beyond state-of-the-art
and at a very efficient cost.
2) Resin Bond Diamond Powder (RBDP)
When soft polishing or lapping is required, RBDP
offers the friability, mosaic structure and irregular blocky particle
shape required to get the job done. Under stress, the diamond
grain fractures, creating new levels of sharp cutting points.
In Resin Bond Wheels, RBDP offers fast cutting without particle
loss for improved performance. RBDP is available in our usual
comprehensive range of grits.
3) Nickel-Coated Diamond Powder (NCDP)
Important Instructions on How to Use Diamond Belts,
& Disks
All diamond products need a slight break-in period. This is
especially true with 6 micron (grit 3000) and finer micron products.
This occurs due to the diamond being micro-sized. When manufactured,
the diamond is separated by a water process to size the particles.
When these particles dry, they sometimes form a vacuum
between each other. The result is deep scratches until
the vacuum is broken down by use .
The way to fix this is to dress the discs or belt
by lightly running a piece of aluminium oxide dressing
stick or agate over the surface. This effectively breaks down
the vacuum and should eliminate all the scratches. Be sure to
follow this procedure using lots of water to flush the disk or
belt. This should take care of the scratching problem.
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my Credit Card
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