NEW PRODUCT: June 1, 2009!

The BATTWING™ Lap!

Retail Prices for CAST BATT™ products:

The Metals prices have dropped and stayed down for several months!

PRICES ROLLED BACK TO DECEMBER 2006!!!!!!!!!

NOTE: NEW PRICE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE 1 MARCH 2009:

New prices:______________________________________ MSRP

BATT™ 6" ___________________________________ 78.00

BATT™ 8" ___________________________________ 110.00

BA5T™ 8" _____________________________________ 177.00

BA5T™ 6" Now available!________________________ $115.00

Maybe the speculators are finally through playing games.

$25,000+/Ton Last August!

NEW POLYMERIC LAP!!

The "DARKSIDE": $85.00 Shipping included.

BATT™ DEVELOPMENT-Past, Present, Future.

NEW PRODUCT MARCH 20, 2009:

THE BATTSTIK™ Oxide Polish Charging Stick.

Touch the BATTSTIK™ to the lap, move outward to flowmelt the water soluble base, forming a thin uniform film on the lap. Turn on a SLOW water drip or light mist, creating a slurry film right on the lap. Reduces waste and mess! Will be available in Alumina A and Cerium Oxide. Sold in sets of 2, choice of type, $25 postpaid.

NOW ON THE ONLINE STORE!

The Darkside made me start using oxides again, and got me thinking!

PAGE BACKGROUND: BATT™ Grain Structure.

BATT™ is a Trademark used to represent a proprietary alloy, principally of tin, which contains alloying metals of low or no toxicity which harden and deoxidize the alloy and establish certain grain structures which are developed by a specific annealing and quenching process.
BATT™ alloy laps are now used by thousands of gemcutters. .

Because they are solid castings, they may be resurfaced many times, to provide years of use!



Comparative Hardnesses of some lap alloys:

ALLOY__________Hardness, Brinell:

Pure Tin___________ 5.3

63:37 Tin/Lead solder:__14

95/5__________________14

Britannia Pewter_____22.5

Sn die cast YC135A___29

BATT™________________32.5

Commercial Rolled Zinc____43



BAT5T™: FASTER/HARDER/FINER

BATTs CUT FLAT FACETS!

PROOF HERE!

Thanks to Tom Herbst for interferometry testing and permission to reprint!

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How to charge a new lap.

Resurfacing Service for BATT™ Laps.

BATT™ Users' Tips and suggestions.

BATT™ WARRANTY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE POLICY