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Cutting Mica

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Muscovite Optics

david-troetschelDavid Troetschel 06/06/2019 at 23:160 Comments

I used an old, very dull set of Olfa scissors (smooth type) to cut a sample.

I used the V2 again.

There was very little resistance, a slight squeak, felt similar to paper. This is only one leaf thick though, around .20mm

The scissors clearly cause some delamination from shear, seen as the darker crystalline corner.

I've seen that stamping has better results, maybe if I scale production that will make sense. There is a local company which seems ideal. This would be more important depending on the actual lens shape.

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