On Feb 4, 9:12*pm, Dimi Shahbaz wrote:


I'm wondering what the best way to do this is (I'm not a metal
worker). *I have a spherical aluminum mesh, 3" in diameter, sliced in
half. *I want to join the circular edge of one of these halves to a
piece of aluminum foil.

Shaped meshwork is common in vacuum tubes and
electron microscopes... the usual procedure is to form the
mesh, then electroplate it to fix all the wire-crossing points.
Aluminum isn't the preferred material, of course, but some
alloys might accept plating adequately.