Re: EDM retrofit

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@...> wrote:

>
> Graham Stabler wrote:
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@> wrote:
> >
> >>EDM does it like cutting butter. You'd need diamonds
> >>to drill it.
> >
> >
> > I'd love to be a fly on the wall at breakfast time at your place!
> > One's things for sure your toast would be cold.
> >
> > Jon, when you refer to piercing, are you refering to wire EDM's with
> > the ability to make the starting holes? How common is this feature?
> Yes, that's what I am referring to, but I really know very
> little about EDM. I've seen it done, and read about it, but
> other than my own tiny tap burning gizmo, I haven't worked with
> the machines at all. Certainly when I do EDM, nothing cuts like
> butter, but I know the professional gear does a lot better.
>
> Jon
>

I forgot all the smilies after my toast comment, it's certainly as
gentle as a knife through butter, or at least it can be.

Graham