Retail Prices for CAST BATT™ products:

EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2008:

BATT™ 6"______________$90.00

BATT™ 8"______________$135.00

DARKSIDE™ 8"___________$85.00 (Available October 15, 2008) BA5T™________________ Special Order (Currently in stock at the Facet Shoppe)

(I amWAS betting tin prices did not go much over $17,000/Ton this year. )

$24,000 a ton! When the BATTs were first made it was $6,320!!!

Recent developments! Let's keep an eye on these tin prices! They are below $17,000 this week, and if they stabilize and lower prices start showing up in my metals shipments, we can cut the prices at last!

So. What do we do about this??

NEW POLYMERIC LAP!!

The "DARKSIDE": $85.00 with Free Shipping.

BATT™ DEVELOPMENT-Past, Present, Future.

Latest tips and tricks from the BATT Cave!

BATT™ BRIEFS!

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.

I do not buy cheap commercial Straits Tin for my laps. Lead content batch to batch runs < 35 Parts Per Million.(Refiner's CofC.)
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


BATTs CUT FLAT FACETS!

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

BATT™ Users' Tips and suggestions.

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How to charge a new lap.

Resurfacing Service for BATT™ Laps.


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