Bill, I do this too..
I actually find that I step on pieces of .013" wire that have flown off when cut more often than a piece of Boron.
Brett
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:30:27 -0400
>From: "Bill Gowen" <b.gowen_at_comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Non Boron??
>To: <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
>
> Maybe this is what everyone is talking about, but it
> seems that sticking the boron to the tape before you
> break it would stop the pieces from flying around.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Kagan
> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:20 AM
> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Non Boron??
>
> One thing that helps with preventing errant boron
> scraps is to use a
> method of breaking it that is appropriate for the
> core type you are
> using.
>
> Some of our boron filaments are accumulated on
> carbon fibers; others
> are accumulated on tungsten wire.
>
> The carbon core filaments don't like to be
> bent-to-break. They tend to
> shatter in several places, sending bits flying in
> all directions. A
> better way is to crush the filament with a pair of
> fine-tipped pliers.
> Then you just have a little bit of boron dust in
> the pier's maw that
> can be collected with tape. I think I read about
> that technique in
> Harlan's literature somewhere.
>
> The tungsten core filaments don't crush, but
> fortunately they don't
> tend to shatter either. Those can be bent until
> they snap, and then
> you have a bigger piece of scrap to either save or
> stick on some tape.
>
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