[LargeFormat] Graflok ground glass

[Marco Pauck]

Robert Mayrand wrote:
> 
> I just received a very nice graflok back complete in excellent condition,
> but that was 15 minutes ago........before I just show it to a friend and
> drop it on the ceramique kitchen floor.
> 
> So now is the second part of this posting, I need a ground glass and a cheap
> one, not in quality but in price! Where should I look? I've remember reading
> somewhere that you can make your own quite cheaply but I don't remember how,
> and I don't know what kind of quality I can expect!

There are several approaches to this: grinding, sandblasting, etching, ...
with different pros and cons.

This has been discussed extensively on the cameramakers mailinglist:
	http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers

Look into the archives for e.g. June and July:
	http://rmp.opusis.com/pipermail/cameramakers/2001-June/thread.html
	http://rmp.opusis.com/pipermail/cameramakers/2001-July/thread.html

	Marco
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