Comments on: Tony’s Diamond Chop Saw (Part 4)

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:03:32 +0000

Hi, I do some dicing at work.
A few bits of advice.
The rule of thumb for blade exposure on resinoid blades is a 10/1 ratio based on thickness. So a .010″ blade should only have .1″ of exposure.
You should probably get a dressing board to deal with blade eccentricity.
On thicker parts do multiple passes especially when dealing with quartz, which can twin.

By: MatthieuP

MatthieuP — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:31:21 +0000

Is it me or the blade is just “soldered” with glue ? If yes, it looks dangerous to me!

By: PKay

PKay — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:34:40 +0000

Very nice job. I had seen a hard drive used for an optical fiber polishing machine, but worried there would not be enough power for dicing. Thanks for documenting and sharing your development!
- Peter

By: Gabe

Gabe — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:03:20 +0000

Too Bitchen!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:26:53 +0000

Nice work, Tony!