Abstract: An abrasive cutter for cutting metallurgical samples and the like including a motor-driven rotatable abrasive cutter wheel, a vise assembly for holding a workpiece to be cut, and a manually operable workpiece advance lever which is actuated by an operator to move the vise assembly along a horizontal path toward the cutter wheel thereby bringing the workpiece into engagement with the cutter wheel.

Abstract: A coolant system for use with a cutter of the type having a vertically disposed rotatable cutter wheel for cutting metallurgical samples and other objects. Such a cutter has a motor-driven rotatable abrasive or metal cutting wheel or blade, and a workpiece holder which holds a specimen workpiece from which a section is to be sliced off. Either the cutter wheel or the workpiece holder is movable to bring the workpiece into engagement with the cutter wheel. The coolant system is combined with a blade guard which covers a major portion of the rotatable cutting blade for safety reasons, and the coolant system distributes a coolant fluid in an advantageous manner onto the center of the vertically disposed rotating cutting blade on both sides thereof so as to bathe the workpiece over the entire cutting area. The coolant system is primarily intended for use with a cutter of the type where the workpiece is moved into engagement with the cutter wheel during a cutting operation.