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PostPosted: Sun May 26, 2013 6:30 am 
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I guess everyone is not laying around drunk this holiday weekend. I have had a lot of emails this morning.

I went back to old spreadsheets to see what I was charging for the BATTWINGS.

Since the Government pretends there is no inflation, I guess I have to.
2010 prices:
8": $168.00 6": $115.00

Release date is June 1. Materials are on order.
6" size stock by that date.


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I really can't see how I could live without one. Sign me up.

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That ended the first lot. All Gone. Production began yesterday.


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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2013 1:11 pm 
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Turkinolith wrote:
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Oh I can't wait to get one of these, if for the name alone! :mrgreen:



I wish I could. I cant afford it though.


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I Try.
I start with a $132.00 solid cast lap (Compare to the price of a glued-together laminate at $ 236.00), wreck it by machining out the center, shear and mix and cast the composite, then cure it, and remachine the whole lap, for $36.00.

Maybe I can't afford it, either! :lol:


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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2013 10:56 pm 
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Jon,
If you set up a web page for this new lap, here is a promotional jingle for it.
(This was played at alternative music clubs around Detroit in 1984. At that time, way too controversial for anything close to mainstream.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX88XJaJ_bg

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PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2013 6:39 am 
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I can see that
1: I don't get out much,
2: I must not have a life.
3: I am BORING! :smt089


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ohh god, the 80's! :lol: that was just so horribly funny to watch and look at the clothing and hairstyles. (burning 80's pictures from his album) :wink:

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@ Jon Over at the the twistor-thread you wrote some time ago: "When the Lightside has established itself as a permanent standard product, it also will be made in the "Heavy" version. (In a week, if someone should want one.)"

As I cut many softer, local collector stones and prefer long-lived products I am really interested in the "Heavy" lightside. I would buy one as soon as you offer it. Hope there are enough people interested so it makes sense for you to produce some of them!

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They are available now and have been for a while, but Tucson and general Production Stress have caused me to FORGET to put them on the Batt Store button. That will be fixed today. Sorry, everyone.

All fixed. It's not dementia, it's just that once the "Hard Part" is done, it's easy to forget the trivial little matter of editing a file. We have been running out straight here, 7 days a week.


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Great to hear! Already checking what else is in my budget :-).

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It seems the Lightside is as close to a "universal polishing lap" as has been accomplished. I designed it for softer stones, but it also works for harder stones, but with a slight rounding of meets and facet convexity.

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Gearloose wrote:
You can add anything to Greenway to speed things up. Ceria, Chrome Oxide, alumina.

Last year, people were mentioning using diamond, and pretending it was a ceramic lap.


Really I can add Alumina "A" Battstik to a Greenway Lap? What will be the result? Accelerate the polishing process? Will not affect the stone?

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It will act as if it was the only oxide there. In the case of softer oxides like cerium, it would probably act somewhere between chrome and cerium oxide. The short answer is "Yes".

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