Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Clear to Chrome


Well, not really chrome, Aluminium actually, but its shiny and reflective.. so it works...
I recently got a "Lomography.com actionsampler clear"




But then I saw the Actionsampler Chrome...






So I decided, having access to a PVD facility, I hacked open my actionsampler and proceeded to deposit a thin layer of aluminium on the inside of the clear perspex housing, The following image shows actionsampler before disassembly...

Where after I disassembled it and placed the housing and gutty-wuts in the PVD chamber

a Close up of the housing in the chamber and the finished innards..


And the un- assembled finished actionsampler "Chrome"..