Hi, I agree the hereunder answer about optical glass, for this application a "no defects" will work, but to go to the shiny side of your neg a anti-newton glass is better. Look at spare parts of existing machines.
For opal glass, same proposal. michel DUSARIEZ optician, Belgium. >I doubt the need for optical glass for this application. You do >need some good quality glass, however. If I were doing it I would >look at cheap picture frames, perhaps the "frame-less" kind, and >select one without defects. If you can get your hands on some old >scientific glass plates, developed or not, the glass for these was >selected. Strip the emulsion and cut to size. Probably somebody is >now throwing them away, somewhere, if you can only find the source. > >Bob > >At 18:02 14.11.01 -0500, you wrote: >>Does anyone know a good source for optical glass suitable for making >>negative holders for 8x10 film?. Also need a opal piece for making the >>light box. >>Used to have the name of a guy on the internet that sold this stuff, >>just can't find it. >>Any help would be welcome. >> >>Phil >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Cameramakers mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers > >_______________________________________________ >Cameramakers mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers -- http://www.pano360.org/ Michel DUSARIEZ UNLIMITED FIELDS RESEARCH PANOPTIC IMAGING asbl KITE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATION - FOUNDATION 14, Avenue Capitaine PIRET B-1150 BRUXELLES - BELGIUM Fax 32 2 512 68 29 _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
