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How Diamond Tooling Actually Behaves
8 guides on the questions that come up in enquiries: which bond, which rim, which grit, which abrasive, and what a failing tool is telling you.
How to Choose a Diamond Blade Bond for Stone
A practical guide to matrix hardness, diamond concentration and grit for stone cutting: why marble and granite need opposite bonds and how to read a failing blade.
Read the guide →Diamond Blade Rim Types Explained
What continuous rim, turbo, wave, deep teeth and segmented blades actually do differently, and which rim to use for chip-free cuts, speed or dry work.
Read the guide →Mesh Size and Grit Selection Guide
How mesh sizes like 30/40 and grit numbers such as 400# map onto cutting speed and surface finish, and how to build a grit ladder that does not skip steps.
Read the guide →Metal Resin and Vacuum Brazed Bonds Compared
When to use sintered metal bond, resin bond, electroplated or vacuum brazed diamond tools, with the trade-offs in tool life, finish and dry-cutting ability.
Read the guide →The Stone Polishing Sequence from Calibration to Gloss
Station-by-station guide to polishing granite and quartz slabs: calibrating rollers, magnesite, metal and resin fickerts, buffs, and what each step must leave behind.
Read the guide →Diamond Core Bit Drilling Troubleshooting
Why core bits stop cutting, glaze, break segments or drill off-line, and what to change: bond, water, feed, machine speed or the welding method.
Read the guide →Diamond Versus CBN for Precision Grinding
Why diamond wheels burn on hardened steel and CBN is used instead, with the chemistry, the application split and what to send for a wheel quote.
Read the guide →How to Select a Cerium Oxide Polishing Powder Grade
What the chemical and physical index values on a cerium oxide datasheet mean, how grade affects gloss and cut rate, and how to run felt wheels with powder.
Read the guide →About These Guides
Who writes these guides
They are written from the specification data and application notes behind our own product programme, by the people who answer the enquiries.
Can you help with a problem not covered here
Yes. Email [email protected] with the material, machine and failure mode and you will get a direct answer.
Do you publish tool life figures
Not as headline numbers, because they mean nothing without the material, machine and parameters. We will give comparable figures for a specific case on request. (TBC)
Ask a technical question
Describe the material, the machine and what is going wrong. You will get an engineer answer, not a brochure.