Call in to your local university Chemistry / Physics departments and ask them who does their glass blowing / glassware repairs. On a double ended component they normally make the two parts separately and then join them at a point where the slight unevenness of the seam is out of sight. Bye. -----Original Message----- From: John Ferrell [SMTP:johnferrell@SPRINTMAIL.COM] Sent: Monday, 3 December 2001 1:17 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT]:Glass moulding Perhaps a lens maker would be a better service proverb? John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 Dixie Competition Products NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jinx" To: Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 5:21 AM Subject: [OT]:Glass moulding > As part of a PIC project (honestly !!) I need to have some > components made of glass. I've contacted a company who > could cut glass with high pressure water/garnet but they > can't guarantee the work or a low spoilage figure. They > suggested polycarbonate, and I suggested right back at 'em > that maybe they could cut a mould out of steel plate and I > fill it with molten glass. If that fails they will have the cutting > file for the metal and I'd get them to do it in polycarbonate. > > Has anyone in this collective brain of ours any experience, > suggestions, tips etc for moulding glass ? Getting a smooth > surface on the top (it's a thin disk) could be tricky. I guess I'll > have to slide some sort of metal plate on the liquid surface > > TIA > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu