So if only thing that can cut through diamonds is a diamond saw. How was the first diamond saw made if there was no diamond saw to saw through a diamond to make the first diamond saw?

Question

Wow that was a lot of “diamond saws” in one sentence…

In: Technology

Answer 1

You can cut diamonds with steel but your tools wear quickly and it’s much slower. Typically the way it was done before lasers or other diamond abrading tools was to locate a weakness in the diamond and cut along it.

Answer 2

Diamonds are very difficult to cut but can be easily pulverized. You can crush a diamond with a hammer without trying that hard.

Diamond saws are just saws with a fine grit of diamond dust on the edge to grind through material.