Quote Originally Posted by Techno Commander View Post
Are they use for cutting/machining,or "other" purposes?

Talking of the OSA, we used to have a really nice chap from AWE Aldermaston who would "back up" our risk assessments to local councils.
Yes, cutting, mainly of metals and Alumina and in early days, resistor trimming.

I thought of and developed a completely new process for resistor trimming (not involving lasers).