January 2, 20197 yr Popular Post Try using a sharpie - mark it all up, Or apply some hot melt glue, or some packing tape. Yes. I makes really nasty metals that get gooey gummy and ugly cut more like easier to machine metals So if you have pure aluminum or Copper and it's grabbing and sticking and leaving a horrid surface? Try this trick. It can make all the difference. Here is a Scanning tunneling microscope image of the cut with sharpie marking on the right and without on the left of just such a cut applying ink or any adhesive to the metal's surface reduces the force of cutting by as much as 50%, leaving a clean cut in seconds. The quality of the machined surface also greatly improved. Watch a YouTube video to see how at
January 2, 20197 yr Author 5 minutes ago, lew said: Wow! yah that's what I said. This is a real game changer.
January 2, 20197 yr I do understand the perils of cutting soft metals but marking the metal before each cut would slow the process down. It is odd that works.
January 3, 20197 yr Who would have guessed that a Sharpie, White-Out or A Glue Stick would work like that. Wonder if there was any significant difference between the black & red Sharpie? Thanks Cliff...you feeling any better?
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