"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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That coating on the Shimano reels looks like Titanium nitride Harry.
I can get that done by electron beam evaporation.

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Sputtering would be better. Nickel base for a "glue" layer, then reactive
sputter the TiO2.
Sputtering will give you much better adhesion and uniform 3 dimensional
coverage, within reason. EB will be pretty much line of sight, plus it would
be slow due to the much lower operating pressure required by the source for
reactive coating.

I know of a small used system ideally set up for something like this, if you
are interested.

Eisboch