I measured the dark slides on one Fidelity holder and also one Lisco holder last night.
They are both between 0.0325 and 0.330. So one should be safe using commercial 1/32" sheet. The second problem, of course, will be to get it cleanly cut to shape... I would suggest that a "paint" or "epoxy" type coating would be a difficult idea -- any such coating will be at least few thou thick and will make the resulting slide far too thick to work smoothly. Someone asked about a source for cold-anodizing chemistry: It's made by Birchwood-Casey and is called "Aluminum Black". It is available from Fargo at www.micro-tools.com, and also from some of the major industrial tool companies, such as www.reidtool.com. Other versions of the product are also available for ferrous metals and brass. Don Feinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
