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Old 04-04-2008, 6:07 PM
Charles McCracken Charles McCracken is offline
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Originally Posted by Tom Walz View Post
As near as I can tell this all started with some of my research. In 1997 I was granted U.S. Patent Number 5,624,626. I
Tom,

I assure you that my admonishments against using caustics predate your patent by a number of years and those from Freud in general by a number of decades. Being a manufacturer of carbide gives us a little knowledge about it. Here are some photos from our SEM showing the damage from 24 hours of soaking in a popular commercial cleaner (which will remain unnamed) that is less caustic than oven cleaner:

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