Re: Tungsten static gap

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Original poster: G <bog-at-cinci.rr-dot-com> 

Cutting the rods actually isn't very difficult.

Chuck the rod in a drill that has been affixed to a table or bench, and use 
the Dremel with the common metal cut-off wheel. Set the drill on and press 
the cut-off wheel to the rod at the appropriate spot until a slot is cut 
all the way around. the rod can easily be snapped off now by placing it in 
a vise with the slot level with the top of the jaws and hitting the rod 
with a soft-faced hammer. Now just touch up the end with a right-angle 
grinder if need be.

Mine came out so nice, they could have been used 'as-is', but I did use the 
drill to spin the small sections so I could grind a round tip.

Regards,
Gregory

>I suppose cutting tungsten roundstock of this diameter could
>prove rather challenging, considering the incredible hardness of
>tungsten but I would think that a Dremel tool affixed w/ a diamond
>cutting wheel should make pretty quick work of it. I'd be sure to
>where a breathing mask though, especially if it happened to be
>thorated tungsten. Alpha and Beta particles won't hurt your skin
>but can do all kinds of nasty things once inhaled INSIDE your
>body.
>
>David Rieben



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