general lapidary saw info

[TheRock]

Great Info Chuck, Can you send me the PDF of that? Its definitely a keeper.     Thanks ~Duke

[TheRock]

Here is the Link to the PDF if anyone is interested      CLICK ON THIS LINK  

[rockchipkip14]

May 7, 2012 12:33:30 GMT -5 Drummond Island Rocks said:

Not sure if this is worth a sticky but it seems like a good quick reference for some general lapidary saw questions. I take no credit for making this I just found it on a CD that had some lapidary PDF files on it and thought I would pass it along.
here's some jpgs from the PDF, If you would like the original PDF file send me a PM.I'll let the pros here decide if any of this is valuable info or not?











Hope this helps someone,
Chuck

[herb]

Jan 23, 2016 13:35:17 GMT -5 SirRoxalot said:

Has anybody ever successfully renewed a blade by cutting up a brick or a grinding wheel?

This does nothing for my blades, and if you think about it, it doesn't make much sense either.

Whether I pay $150 or $50 for a blade for my 12" Lortone, it cuts ok for a while then gets so slow that I hate having to use it. What a pain!

I've never understood how cutting a grinding wheel would expose diamonds on the blade. If cutting hard stones like agates dulled the blade to begin with, cutting a hard grinding wheel doesnt seem like the way to sharpen it.

I've had much better luck with swaging the blade. Basically bang the edge of a course file along the rim of the blade. Misshapes the softer steel, exposing new diamonds.