Roger Wiegand
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I've got a bunch of cutters for my coring jig, some HSS some carbide. What's the easiest way to tell which are which? The difference is not obvious to me by looking.
Hmm might work, assuming all cutters are identical volume (cm^3)...fwiw, Tungsten Carbide has a density of 15.6 g/cm^3 whereas high speed steel is only about 8.2 g/cm^3 -- if the cutters you are talking about are just the tips, maybe weighing then on a sensitive scale will help you distinguish them?
Hmm might work, assuming all cutters are identical volume (cm^3)...
cutter | weight | magnet |
1 | 9.24 g | weak |
2 | 4.41 g | strong |
3 | 9.16 g | weak |
4 | 9.23 g | weak |