[meteorite-list] wire saw cost

[Shawn Alan]

Matt, Gary, and Listers,
 
What would be the best way to go for irons slices if you had lets say Tucson iron and I have seen that go for $1000 a gram or lets say you have a 10gram Compo and you want to make 200mg slices, what method would be the best for that, not saying cutting up Compos to the size is cost effective?
 
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As a general rule of thumb, material 30.00/g or higher, may be best cut on a wire saw. This is could be an OC. Probably not an iron. Of course pallasites look great thin cut too. 
Matt 
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From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon at mac.com> 
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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:32:16 
To: André Moutinho<moutinho at bol.com.br> 
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] wire saw cost 

Aloha Andre, 

Depending on the cost of the material, it may or may not be more cost effective to use a wire saw. A wire saw is better for planetaries or other expensive or rare meteorites, where cost of material is high, and so minimizing cut loss is imperative. If the material is cheap, then the expense of using a wire saw is not justified for minimizing cut loss because you would spend more money on cutting it than you would saving on reduced cut loss. 

You have to balance the cost of cutting with expected cut loss . 

For example, a friend cut a cheap CV3 on a wire, and cost him big money to do so. He would have been better off taking the cut loss on a lap saw for a cheaper cutting expense. 

gary 

On Mar 10, 2011, at 12:59 PM, André Moutinho wrote: 


> Hello, 

> 

> Does anyone can give me an idea of cutting cost using a wire saw to cut a 300g ordinary chondrite into 3mm slices? 

> 

> Thanks! 

> Andre 

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