On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:21:16 -0500, Ignoramus10295
wrote:

I have some tungsten/rhenium wire. 20% rhenium. 0.020 inches thick (0.5mm)

I want to sell it by the foot. It is rather hard and I want some
creative ideas on how to cut it without ruining the cutting
implement.

Abrasive wheel in a die grinder or plasma cutter?
Or perhaps a shear?

I wonder if a $9 investment in a HF tinsnip trio would cut it.
(double entendre intentional) $2.99 straight cut/single
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Doctors prescribe medicine of which they know little,
to cure diseases of which they know less,
in human beings of which they know nothing.
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