Re: Coating Rod Basics

24" glass "by the pound" looks pretty good too. Thx.

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To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>; <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: Coating Rod Basics

> Go to cynmar.com and order their catalog. On page 123 are the glass rods.
Get item # 115-20578 for $15.00. Also buy the glass tubing cutter,
#120-20550.
>
> To cut the rod, make a good mark with the cutter about 1/4" long. Turn
the cut away from you, put your thumbs across from the scratch and break.
Good idea to wear gloves.
>
> Go to your hardware store and buy some sheet plastic about 1/4-1/2" thick.
Cut to handle size and superglue the tube to the handle.
>
> For about $25.00 you will have all the coating rods you will ever need.
>
> George
> >
> > From: Michael Koch-Schulte <mkochsch@shaw.ca>
> > Date: 2004/11/23 Tue PM 03:54:36 GMT
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > Subject: Coating Rod Basics
> >
> > I'm looking for some direction on building or buying coating rods for
8X10
> > work (pt/pd, cyano, VDB). Is there an off-the-shelf solution available
that
> > I can get from a hardware store? I was thinking of adapting an acrylic
towel
> > bar or similar, or am I wasting my time is glass the better way to go?
What
> > kind on local industries would carry glass rod? I don't have a lab
supply
> > company in my city.
> >
> >
>
Received on Tue Nov 23 12:13:22 2004