Re: [ATM] Six inch starter question, Re: New project

["Francis J. O'Reilly" <foreilly@verizon.net>]

And of course you are right Michael. I am making a set of flats the old 
fashioned way.

By the way, I received my other two blanks from Newport Glass today, eight 
days after I placed my order. Not bad service!

Francis J. O'Reilly
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lockwood" <melockwo@uiuc.edu>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Six inch starter question, Re: New project


> Mitch,
>
> Mitch wrote:
>> You said stop at 5u with tile tools. I know some people stop at 3. But my
>> real question is if not a tile tool what kind of tool are you using with
>> this 1u? Glass? Metal?
>
> Look at my previous message:
>> I like 25u, 12u, 5u, 3u, 1u for grinding glass on glass (stop at 5u
>> for tile/plaster tools).  Quality 1 micron grit produces a surface
>> that is beautiful to behold, and polishes very quickly.
>
> I'm talking about glass on glass grinding.  Francis said he got three
> 7" glass blanks, and usually that implies grinding against each other
> and testing against each other later on.
>
> I stop at 5u with tile tools for MACHINE work, because I get scratches
> with 3u.  For hand work tile and 3u might work fine.
>
> Mike L.
>
>
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