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Default How to cut tungsten/rhenium wire

On Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:21:16 PM UTC-4, Ignoramus10295 wrote:
I have some tungsten/rhenium wire. 20% rhenium. 0.020 inches thick (0.5mm)


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Before I bought anything to cut the wire, I would try bending it back and forth a couple of times using ordinary gas pliers. And if that did not work use an abrasive cut off wheel. Should work. Aluminum oxide grinding wheel is what you use to sharpen TIG electrodes.

Dan