Re: Re: Boron safety data sheet

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:41:24 +0200

On 29.12.2010 23:06, John Kagan wrote:
> I have Boron accumulated on two types of cores: tunsten wire and carbon.
>
> Interestingly, I've found that I need to use two different methods to
> "cut" them.
>
> The tunsten core type likes to be bent until it snaps. Squeezing it with
> pliers does nothing. (If you have to get a boron splinter, this is
> probably the kind you want. It holds together and comes out cleanly. It
> also always surprises me how long the splinter ends up being - kind of
> scary)
>
> The carbon core type likes to be crushed with pliers. Bending it until
> it snaps causes it to shatter in several places, always including
> somewhere you didn't want it to break. (Maybe this is the kind of Boron
> splinter people have had trouble with, dunno)

Which core does the boron that Ray Harlan sells have? I have used
scissors to cut both 3 and 4 mil fibres from him: take a piece of tape,
double it so that boron gets into the tape fold, then cut through the
tape and the fibre. Works nice and cuts pretty easily.



-Tapio-
Received on Mon Jan 03 2011 - 03:41:27 CET