Re: Make your own glass scales

> The etching of glass scales is pretty easy. The TOUGH part is getting
> the metal depositied on the glass. This is generally by vacuum deposition,
> which would take a LOT of exotic metalworking to build a vacuum
> deposition chamber!

I have one, I didn't build it and you wouldn't want to mess around with
trying. Mine would only big enough for an 18 inch long piece of glass max
(that might be stretching it just a tad for even deposition). We don't
use it anymore but we used to do our own silvering of holographic plates
with it. It's been used for silver and aluminum. Aluminum is your best
bet for reflectivity but of course silver (for own electroforming use)
is the better conductor. I'm trying to sell the unit right now and will
be firing it up again soon. Send me a glass scale and I'll squirt some
aluminum at it.

Ken Jenkins
kjenkins@...