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Re: tungsten alloys for SG electrodes?



Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Scot,

The tungsten also sands well using a disc sander to square off the ends
after snapping.  Use a new file to put a groove into the rod before snapping
and the break will be fairly square to begin with.

Gerry R.


> Original poster: "Bunny Killer" <bunikllr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Hey David... > > once you get into the realm of pureish tungsten the only methods of > "machining" it is grinding.. and snapping which is not too precise... but > grinding is precise... down to .001 inch > > the general rule is 1/8 inch loss on each side of the due to snapping and > .020 loss due to grinding loss to remove the conical/wedge produced from > snapping... so the best bet is to consider a ..395 " loss on each end ( > worst case senerio) to make all electrodes equal.... > > Scot D > > > > > > >