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Re: [ATM] Slicing thick blanks - who can do it?

To: Mike Lockwood <melockwo@uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: [ATM] Slicing thick blanks - who can do it?
From: Bill Prewitt <bprewitt@neo.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:59:21 -0400
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When we picked up our 30" blanks from Cincinnati Gasket, we got a quick 
tour.
They have a very large water-cooled bandsaw that they use to cut fused 
silica bales into blanks. They also have waterjet CNC and Blanchard 
equipment.

Their precision machining link says they have 24" sawing capacity.
http://www.cincinnatigasket.com/

     Bill Prewitt
  (no commercial interest... etc)

Mike Lockwood wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was looking around for advice on who could slice a 24"-diameter, 
> ~4"-thick Pyrex blank into two thinner 24" blanks. 
 >

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