Re: Dry Plates too!!

I was actually able to get glass custom-cut at an ACE
Hardware store for the square footage cost w/o a cut
charge. This turned out to be dirt cheap, but the
person doing the cutting was clearly tired of the
process after the 100th plate...;)

Shop around - prices range widely.

Tox

--- Ryuji Suzuki <rs@silvergrain.org> wrote:

> From: Robert Newcomb <newcombr@uga.edu>
> Subject: Re: Dry Plates too!!
> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:51:15 -0400
>
> > I couldn't say what was "standard" when glass dry
> plates were in
> > common use, standards then seemed to be a little
> less "standard".
> > I'd have to measure a number of different brands
> of plates and
> > probably different sizes to start getting an idea
> of what was the
> > most common thickness. But...
>
> I think the standard was 1.6mm or 1/16mm glass, but
> I don't see much
> problem with 1.5mm. Look up old edition of Focal
> Encyclopedia from 60s
> or older darkroom reference books.
>
> > As far the flatness of hardware glass goes,
> the nice people
> > shooting wet plate images often use ordinary
> window glass from a
> > hardware or picture framing shop - no problem.
>
> Technically, plate glass was used for photographic
> applications back
> then, but today's float glass is very often usable
> for dry plates. If
> your camera is 5x7 or 8x10, don't go to stores to
> order custom
> cut. It's far easier and cheaper to buy pre-cut
> replacement glass for
> cheap 5x7 frames. Those MCS Industries frames sold
> at discount stores,
> etc.
>
Received on 06/22/06-08:15:44 PM Z