Eisboch wrote:

"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


Whooosh...that's the sound of what you just explained zooming over my head.