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Please go back and pick a new username. I have a really hard time calling a person I don’t know a shithead. How about Scheisskopf?
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I think that is a good idea, MarcH, if they can be produced with the same quality as the current stones. I think these stones are of very high quality and I even like them better than Atoma’s. In the past WE also offered a 3K stone from, IIRC, DMT. As far as I was concerned that was not a success and it is not offered anymore when I look at the website.
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Clay, any thoughts or plans to make finer diamond stones like maybe 2000 grit or 2500 grit. I like using the 1500 very much. Would think finer would be useful too.
MarkH – I wish we could. The 1500# stones are right at the limit of what we can do right now. With the current plating technology small, localized fields occur with very small particles, causing agglomeration and creating large clusters that act as single large particles. That issue is why we dropped the DMT 3 micron stones. They weren’t able to solve the technical challenges well enough to prevent agglomeration which is why the stones always seemed much coarser than they were rated. Another strategy might be to bind the particles into a matrix like is done with Aluminum Oxide waterstones, but then you’d get issues with dishing and rapid wear. So far I’ve very satisfied with the results our diamond stone manufacturer is getting with the 1500# stones and hopefully he’ll be able to continue to push the edge and be able to offer even finer stones in the future. Maybe there’s a way to tune the current in the plating bath to prevent localized fields from forming…
-Clay
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Nice word “agglomeration”. I love the 1500 stone also. Its gotta be a real challenge to do it at the right price point. Keep encouraging your suppliers, you and they are on the leading edge (sic).
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