Re: [TCML] TUNGSTEN TUNGSTEN TUNGSTEN

[Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are you cutting 1/2" or larger rod this way? I've cut small diameter rod with a Dremel cutoff disk, but I feel like 1/2" may be a bit much.

Adam

--- On Fri, 4/24/09, karl.thorkildsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <karl.thorkildsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: karl.thorkildsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <karl.thorkildsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [TCML] TUNGSTEN TUNGSTEN TUNGSTEN
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 8:19 AM
> I "cut" tungsten rods this way.
> 
> Clamp the rod in a vise and file a notch in it where you
> want the cut. 
> Don't use your favorite file.  Then, with the notch
> right at the point
> where it's clamped (the piece you want is sticking out, the
> rest is
> clamped in the vise), wack it with a hammer and it will
> snap right off.
> 
> If you really want the ends flat you can probably clean it
> up with a
> grinding wheel but often they snap off pretty clean.
> - Karl
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