[pure-silver] Re: (Slgthly OT): gridlines on groundglass.

On Tuesday 14 June 2005 10:48, Gene Johnson wrote:
> If you scratch a piece of glass, that's where it will break. Might try
> masking off very fine lines and painting, then peeling off the tape.
>
> But making real groundglass is pretty darn easy.  If you have a lapidary
> supply anywhere you can get a lifetime supply of 600 grit abrasive powder
> for very little money.  Just put a pinch between two pieces, mix with a
> little water to make a thin paste and rub the two pieces together until you
> have a nice even matte surface.  Doesn't take long at all. They come out
> very nice and bright and you can pencil or sharpie all the grid lines you
> want on them.  You can even make a cheap fresnel with one of those full
> page magnifiers from an office supply house.  You may laugh, but they're
> definitely better than nothing in reduced light. You have to support the
> magnifier well while you cut with a very fine tooth saw because they break
> quite easily.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Breukel, C. (HKG)" <C.Breukel@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Pure Silver (F) (E-mail)" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:07 AM
> Subject: [pure-silver] (Slgthly OT): gridlines on groundglass.

> >
> > To realy finish this project in a nice way I would like to have grid
> > lines on the glass. I could draw them carefully, or make an overlay of a
> > grid printed/copied on a sheet of transparant material. But I was
> > wondering if there is a method of engraving the glass with tiny straight
> > scratches, and then rubbing in say India ink?


        I get the impression I'm not getting some messages. I didn't see the 
first 
message in this thread. But to the point.



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Nick
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