Re: [ATM] Slicing thick blanks - who can do it?

["Scott Milligan" <starzkey@charter.net>]

Mike, I'll add the following possible firms to the short, but growing list:

Advanced Glass Industries, Rochester NY
GlassFab, Rochester NY
Rock of Ages (Granite Quarry) Barre, VT

Don't know if any of these will respond affirmatively, but might be worth a
call if you can't find anyone else.  I also second Bill Marriott's positive
comments Re working with United Lens; in my experience they have always been
very professional, on time, and will not quote jobs that they don't think
they can handle.  A contact person there for this type of work might be
Cherie Ouellette, in the division of their business they call the service
center.


Scott Milligan
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: atm-bounces@atmlist.net [mailto:atm-bounces@atmlist.net] On Behalf Of
Mike Lockwood
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:16 PM
To: ATMList
Subject: [ATM] Slicing thick blanks - who can do it?

Hi,

I was looking around for advice on who could slice a 24"-diameter, ~4"-thick
Pyrex blank into two thinner 24" blanks.  I searched the archives and found
the exact same question

   http://astro.umsystem.edu/atm/ARCHIVES/DEC97/msg00783.html

but no one appears to have replied with an answer (no replies that I see in
the archives).

So I'll ask it again, and maybe it will get answered 9 years later - does
anyone know a business/individual that can slice such a blank into two
pieces?

I'm serious - a friend has real blank we'd like to slice and I'm not just
asking hypothetically.  We'd prefer the kerf to be under 1/4", and it would
be nice if the two new faces could be ground flat.

	Thanks,

	Mike Lockwood


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