[meteorite-list] wire saw comment

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:35:05 +0200
Message-ID: <46b6a4f9.2e5.4c1e.1925727012_at_webmailh3.aruba.it>

probably is the mail, yahoo in this time create many
problems to ship-receive emails.
Why contact in private? Is good show to all this info:
I have buy my wire saw here in Italy, but you find whit no
problems in USA seen is product in this state. The saw is
used - I have pay 400 euro paired to 500-600$ - but in good
conditions. The max diameter is possible for me cut is at
the 10-12 cm. is possible arrive to 20 cm. but I not want
take off the meteorite from the block, round this, and hope
the blade cut in the same sign.
With a blade of 0.6 mm I cut slices of 1 mm thick or under,
but normaly I cut of 1 mm thick or 2 mm just for not broken
the slice.
The 0.6 mm blade is 20 cm. diameter, but with 0.8 mm I have
25 cm. diameter.
This is the photo of the wire saw

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/676/taglierinaio9.jpg

Matteo

----- Original Message -----
Da : Michael L Blood <mlblood at cox.net>
A : M come Meteorite Meteorites <info at mcomemeteorite.it>,
Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Oggetto : Re: [meteorite-list] wire saw comment
Data : Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:13:08 -0700

> Hi Matteo,
> I have written you twice off list to avoid
> bothering those not Interested on the list, but got no
> response, So, I must be on a block in your email.
> Therefore, I feel the need to bring this up here.
> Your comment following a portion of this month's
> METEORITE MARKET TRENDS (METEORITE TIMES,
> August, 2007) states you have a wire saw that cost you
> $1,000.
> Could you please contact me off list with the
> following information:
> 1) From where did you get the saw? Do they have a web site
> URL you Can pas on to me?
> 2) Was it new or used?
> 3) How large a diameter stone will it cut?
> 4) You mentioned it would cut to 1mm - will it cut
> thinner Than that?
> 5) How much are the wires?
> I very much want to avoid passing on
> miss-information in my articles in METEORITE TIMES. So, I
> would be very appreciative of your time And consideration
> in passing on this information since everyone has been
> consistent in telling me the prices I cited in the article
> and all the web sites of sources I have checked also
> confirmed the price range I mentioned.
> RSVP
> Thanks again, Michael
>
>
> on 8/4/07 9:26 PM, M come Meteorite Meteorites at
> info at mcomemeteorite.it wrote:
>
> > one question on Blood section
> >
> > 1) The thickness of a cut piece, particularly the
> > thinner it is under 2.5mm. While
> > exceptionally thin slicing is not possible with some
> > meteorites, most do quite nicely
> > when thinly cut. How can it be argued that an historic
> > fall (or any specimen, for
> > that matter) cut .8mm thick is not worth a good deal
> > more "per gram" than a slice
> > of the same material 4mm in thickness. The thinner cut
> > slice gives both MUCH
> > more surface relative to weight and, therefore, much
> > greater "eye appeal" and
> > costs the seller a good deal more in both "saw loss" and
> > in the cost of the saw capable
> > of making such a thin slice. (A SMALL wire saw costs
> > about $17,000.00, a large
> > one, big enough to slice Bob Haag's Zagami stone costs
> > about $60,000.00).
> >
> >
> > $17,000 for a wire saw?? I have buy my for $1000 and I
> > arrive to cut slices of 1 mm or under thick, large at 10
> > cm., with blade of 0.6 mm with any problems.
> >
> > matteo
>
>
Received on Mon 06 Aug 2007 12:35:05 AM PDT