Since we have interest in a significant quatity (~40), I have been 
persuing getting these made from scratch.  My goal is to come up with 
glass gages of similar quality as the Babbitt ones, at a lower price.  
I have been in contact with 3 glass etching companies but do not have 
any quotes yet.  I think I have a supplier for the glass, but I want to 
explore what it takes to grind/sand all the edges flat as in the Babbit 
gage.

For those who want to place an order with Babbitt, you can Email 
info@...

That is: info@...

  Hi Keith

  Late on the band wagon, but would you put me down for one "end zero" gauge please.
  I'll wait for whatever make / model you decide on..
  Thanks.
  Ross



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    Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Glass Gages Update


    Since we have interest in a significant quatity (~40), I have been 
    persuing getting these made from scratch.  My goal is to come up with 
    glass gages of similar quality as the Babbitt ones, at a lower price.  
    I have been in contact with 3 glass etching companies but do not have 
    any quotes yet.  I think I have a supplier for the glass, but I want to 
    explore what it takes to grind/sand all the edges flat as in the Babbit 
    gage.

    For those who want to place an order with Babbitt, you can Email 
    info@...





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Keith, 

If you're going to get them made yourself, I'm interested.

I'm using a narrow setback gauge all the time. I have a wide one with 
the zero flush with the edge which I only keep around as a backup.

Narrow with a setback appeals to me, though they're going to be my 
backups - I don't want to change gauges unless I'm forced to through 
accidental damage.


--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Bradbury" 
<kwbradbury@y...> wrote:
>
> Since we have interest in a significant quatity (~40), I have been 
> persuing getting these made from scratch.  My goal is to come up with 
> glass gages of similar quality as the Babbitt ones, at a lower 
price.  
> I have been in contact with 3 glass etching companies but do not have 
> any quotes yet.  I think I have a supplier for the glass, but I want 
to 
> explore what it takes to grind/sand all the edges flat as in the 
Babbit 
> gage.
> 
> For those who want to place an order with Babbitt, you can Email 
> info@b...
>

Please put me down for one end-zero gage. Thanks. - Brent Smith


--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Bradbury"
<kwbradbury@y...> wrote:
>
> Since we have interest in a significant quatity (~40), I have been 
> persuing getting these made from scratch.  My goal is to come up with 
> glass gages of similar quality as the Babbitt ones, at a lower price.  
> I have been in contact with 3 glass etching companies but do not have 
> any quotes yet.  I think I have a supplier for the glass, but I want to 
> explore what it takes to grind/sand all the edges flat as in the Babbit 
> gage.
> 
> For those who want to place an order with Babbitt, you can Email 
> info@b...
>

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Bradbury" 
<kwbradbury@y...> wrote:
>
> Since we have interest in a significant quatity (~40), I have been 
> persuing getting these made from scratch.  My goal is to come up with 
> glass gages of similar quality as the Babbitt ones, at a lower 
price.  

I have a glass blank supplier and a etch/paint supplier lined up to 
make these.  If all goes well I should have gages to sell in about 5-6 
weeks.

I will be selling them initially at $12 each + s/h.  Later they will go 
for $15, still less than the Babbitt price of $20 + $7 s/h.  My s/h 
will be about 1/2 their rate. 

But there still is some risk until I get a finished sample produced.  
So stayed tuned.

Hi, Keith - Count me in for 3 zero glass gauges once you're satisfied with 
the quality.
Thanks for setting this up,
Dan Marsteller

my company develops software for graphic arts.
I have a customer that can print on glass at euro 0,052 for glass (glass 
not included) + 30,00 euro for start up cost(film developing from file).

may be possible include each glass gauge type on a single "film" (to save 
on developing) and laser cutting each glasses after.
I dont have any idea about glasses and cutting costs.

I'll keep you advised.
Alessandro

At 14.42 15/11/2005, you wrote:
>--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Bradbury"
><kwbradbury@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Since we have interest in a significant quatity (~40), I have been
> > persuing getting these made from scratch.  My goal is to come up with
> > glass gages of similar quality as the Babbitt ones, at a lower
>price.
>
>I have a glass blank supplier and a etch/paint supplier lined up to
>make these.  If all goes well I should have gages to sell in about 5-6
>weeks.
>
>I will be selling them initially at $12 each + s/h.  Later they will go
>for $15, still less than the Babbitt price of $20 + $7 s/h.  My s/h
>will be about 1/2 their rate.
>
>But there still is some risk until I get a finished sample produced.
>So stayed tuned.
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On 11/15/05 I posted:

> >
> > Since we have interest in a significant quatity (~40), I have 
been 
> > persuing getting these made from scratch.  My goal is to come up 
with 
> > glass gages of similar quality as the Babbitt ones, at a lower 
> price.  
> 
> I have a glass blank supplier and a etch/paint supplier lined up 
to 
> make these.  If all goes well I should have gages to sell in about 
5-6 
> weeks.
> 
> I will be selling them initially at $12 each + s/h.  Later they 
will go 
> for $15, still less than the Babbitt price of $20 + $7 s/h.  My 
s/h 
> will be about 1/2 their rate. 
> 
> But there still is some risk until I get a finished sample 
produced.  
> So stayed tuned.
>

Unfortunately, it did not go as well as I had hoped it would.  I 
have 6 samples etched here from 3 different companies.  Best of them 
is acceptable to me but the cost is higher than I had hoped.  The 
lines are slightly thicker than the Babbitt gages I have been 
using.  This is difficult for me to measure but it looks like .005"-
.008" vs .004"-.005" thick.  Since I just have one sample from 
the "best" etcher, there is a chance the lines will improve in 
thiness and consistency.  The individual lines do not waver in 
thickness but some at the bottom of the scale are thinner than the 
ones at the top.

On the minor plus side, the MOJO glass gages will have a more 
symmetric layout.  Babbitt is inconsistent with their horizontal 
line lengths and centering of them.

For another comparisone, the Morgan gage I have has brown painted 
lines on it that are .015" thick.

I'll most likely need to sell them initially at $18.50 + 3.50 s/h in 
the US.  International s/h will be $7.

I will not take any orders until I have the gages in hand.

Keith, when you have some zero end gauges that satisfy you, I'll take some.

Paul

>
>
> I'll most likely need to sell them initially at $18.50 + 3.50 s/h in
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