[meteorite-list] Park Forest - Too much for us to handle right now

From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:07 2004
Message-ID: <009801c2ffa3$5fb14380$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com>

Hi John,

Thanks for the input. This site will save us money on standard saw blades
but has nothing for our Isomet saw, the one the blades are costing $380.00
each. Does anybody know where we can get cheaper blades for a Buehler
Isomet wafering saw?

Thank you again,

Adam

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Sinclair" <JSinclairJr_at_triad.rr.com>
To: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest - Too much for us to handle right
now


> Hi Adam and list,
> Here is a link to diamond saw blades that are .004 and .006 to .012 in
> thickness. They range in price from $24.50 to $43.50 per blade.
> http://www.gravescompany.com/proslice.htm
> These diamond blades should fit Alan's lapidary saws. You can use alcohol
as
> a coolant if needed (always at your own risk) and they will last for more
> than 10 cuts. These blades are used for cutting high grade gem rough
> including sapphire and ruby (hardness 9) with minimum waste. I have used
> them in my shop and they work perfectly for stone meteorites.
> With you spending $3800.00 on blades, hopefully this will be of some help
in
> the future.
> John Sinclair
>
> Adam wrote:
>
> >We have worn out 10 blades on our automated Isomet wafering saw at a cost
> of $380.00 a blade.
>
> >The other saw we are using that is set up for alcohol wastes too much
> material because of the minimal blade thickness of .018 and needs constant
> babysitting to make sure the reservoir does not run dry possibly resulting
> in an explosion.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 1:09 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest - Too much for us to handle right
now
>
>
> Dear List Members,
>
> We were looking forward to a good distraction but Park Forest has proven
to
> be too much. We are falling way behind on other projects such as specimen
> preparation, writing articles, cataloging several collections, submitting
> samples for lab studies, trades, major new meteorite web site development
> and expedition planning. We will honor the deals we have with the
> collectors who expressed an interest in purchasing specimens of Park
Forest
> from us up to this point in time. All samples we are going to sell should
> be prepared by Thursday.
>
> In the interest of getting caught up we will have Michael Blood Meteorites
> represent Park Forest specimens for us. As everybody knows Michael is an
> honest dealer who takes good care of his customers. Do not get us wrong,
> Park Forest is neat, the problem is we just do not enough time to pursue
> sales of this fantastic new meteorite. We have personally answered over
300
> emails regarding this material, talked hours on the phone, spent days in
the
> field and have had two saws running day and night preparing this material.
>
> We have worn out 10 blades on our automated Isomet wafering saw at a cost
of
> $380.00 a blade. We ran out of blade stock for this saw because we can
only
> get about 20 cuts per blade, then the process becomes too slow because the
> blades loose their sharpness. We normally reserve this saw for
thin-section
> and planetary cuts but the need to cut with alcohol has forced us to bring
> this saw online. The other saw we are using that is set up for alcohol
> wastes too much material because of the minimal blade thickness of .018
and
> needs constant babysitting to make sure the reservoir does not run dry
> possibly resulting in an explosion. At least you will know that the
> material you purchase from Michael Blood was properly prepared. One
dealer
> questioned us about our equipment's capability to perform cuts using
> alcohol. We will be happy to email anybody who has doubts a picture of
the
> saws we used to prepare these specimens. It is too bad we have been put
> into a position where we need to defend our preparation practices which
were
> never questioned until this fall. We were taught by one of the best, AL
> Lang who prepares specimens for museums all over the planet in his world
> class facilities.
>
> Thank you for your patience regarding Park Forest. We are looking forward
> to getting caught up on other meteoritic projects if this is a
possibility.
>
> Wishing everybody success in their endeavors.
>
> Adam Hupe
>
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Received on Thu 10 Apr 2003 04:54:26 PM PDT