[meteorite-list] thin section waste?

[Tom Knudson]

Hi Mike
"You did not specify that it was a particular situation with exact needs
(for example the 10mm that they request)."

In my first post I wrote;
"They say to, take a "chip"  27x 46 mm rectangular and 10mm thick epoxy it
to the glass then cut off the chip as close to the glass as possible leaving
just a thin slice attached to the glass.

And the web link was posted at the bottom.  I think it was just a
miscommunication, no harm done and thanks for your reply! : )




Thanks, Tom
peregrineflier <><

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter at comcast.net>
To: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>; "met list"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] thin section waste?


> It likely is due to the manufacturing needs, the need to properly mount
it,
> or grip it.
> That question would be best for the section maker, as they know why they
> need it so thick.
> Perhaps it is to make multiple sections.
> You perhaps should have clarified that in your first email, it merely
looked
> like you do not want to have any cut loss on the section.You did not
specify
> that it was a particular situation with exact needs (for example the 10mm
> that they request).
> I agree that there is perhaps a better way. But you also need to
understand,
> that sections makers make sections of anything, and meteorites is one
little
> niche, so perhaps they don't take into account the rarity of the material.
> Mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>
> To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter at comcast.net>; "met list"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] thin section waste?
>
>
> > Hi Mike, that's not what I asked, I asked, if it needs to be so thin,
why
> > cut a 10mm piece and cut it again to 2 to 4 mm, why not start with a
piece
> > that thin to begin with?  NAU recommends a thin section maker and they
> > want
> > the piece  27 x 46 mm rectangular and 10mm thick, I see no reason to
waste
> > 3/4's of it.
> > Thanks, Tom
> > peregrineflier <><
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter at comcast.net>
> > To: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>; "met list"
> > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] thin section waste?
> >
> >
> >> Tom, will, then why waste the time and glue to paste it to the slide?
> >> Just
> >> throw a chunk in the machine. Of course, then you will destroy a
> >> multi-million $$$ machine but hay, you saved some material from being
> > ground
> >> away.
> >> A thin section is made so thin that light can pass through the
meteorite!
> > It
> >> has to be ground down that thin.
> >> Have you ever seen a thin section?
> >> Mike
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>
> >> To: "met list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 4:53 PM
> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] thin section waste?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi List, I know nothing about thin sections or how they are made. So,
I
> >> > went
> >> > to Google like a good boy and read about it.  All the sites I visited
> > said
> >> > the same thing, but gave no explanation. They said you end up with a
> >> > "chip"
> >> > it is the piece that is clued to the slide.  They say to, take a
"chip"
> >> > 27
> >> > x 46 mm rectangular and 10mm thick epoxy it to the glass then cut off
> > the
> >> > chip as close to the glass as possible leaving just a thin slice
> > attached
> >> > to
> >> > the glass.
> >> >   Okay, I said in the beginning, I know nothing about thin sections,
> >> > but
> >> > that seems like a waste of time and material to me!!!  You just
wasted
> >> > 3/4's
> >> > of the material! Why not take a piece 27 x 46mm and 4mm thick and
epoxy
> > it
> >> > to the glass and save your self the second cut and 6mm of your
> >> > material?
> >> > You can call me what you will, but I can not see the reasoning behind
> > the
> >> > waste!  If you are making a lunar thin section, that is an expensive
> >> > proposition!
> >> >
> >> > http://almandine.geol.wwu.edu/other/thinsections/
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks, Tom
> >> > peregrineflier <><
> >> >
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