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tungsten for granite working

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From: "Simon Brown" <moonsong@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:40:32 +1000
Subject: tungsten for granite working

Elaine,

The quarry tips that I used were already brazed in a holder about 3" long,
with an arrangement for quickly releasing the holder. It was this part that
I cut off to allow the embedded tip to be welded to a new holder. The tip
was unaffected because of its worn shape, just the weld let go each time.

I looked at Trow & Holden's website http://trowandholden.com/techtips.html ,
they recommend rounding off sharp edges on a tungsten carbide tool. I think
this may be part of the problem- the tools are too sharp.

Simon

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