Category: Tool selection
Matching grit, bond and profile to the material and the machine. How to read a diamond tool specification and what each number changes on your line.
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Fickert polishing blocks: what the grit sequence actually does
A Fickert set is a scratch-removal chain, not six similar blocks. Why skipping a head slows the line down.
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Gang saw segments: 1.8 mm or 3.0 mm
Kerf width is stone you pay for twice. When the thin section pays for itself, and when it does not.
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Metal bond or resin bond on a polishing line
The bond decides when a diamond grain lets go. Pick wrong and the tool either wears out or glazes.