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Mirror-O-Matic : This list is for discussion about the …
This list is for discussion about the "Mirror-o-Matic" telescope mirror grinding machine, as developed by Dennis Rech. Likely topics might be about construction and …
Mirror grinding machine construction log – JamesCrombie.com page1
Mirror grinding machine construction log I started thinking about building my own mirror grinding machine several years ago. Having been on the ATM list now since …
Newport Glass Works, LTD. Grinding, Polishing and Figuring …
Thin Telescope Mirrors . … I can buy it easily and get all the starting work done on diamond-grinding machines – something most of you don't have access to.
Mirror grinding machine – Hack a Day
The true test of the amateur astronomer is building their own telescope. Grinding and polishing your own mirrors is a long, arduous process. Instead of lapping the …
Mirror Making Machine – Welcome to the Fansler's
Around the barrel the amateur telescope maker would walk. … poorer than a church mouse and could not afford the material to build a mirror grinding machine.
DATSCOPE – 30 inch TROK grinding machine
Telescope mirror grinding machine Mirror making and optical testing … The images below show the completed grinding machine in it's new garage in October 2001.
GrindingPolishingMachine – LCAO
Telescope Making. Telescope Mirror Grinding and Polishing Machine. After I had made the 41-cm telescope mirror by hand I had decided that I needed a grinding and …
Mirror-o-Matic mirror making machine – ATM pages of Berthold …
Telescope Optics : Complete Manual for Amateur Astronomers. How to Make a Telescope ( Second English Edition) Understanding Foucault . Mirror-O-Matic grinding machine.
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Fine Grinding a 20" Quartz Telescope Mirror. Rough Grinding on the Fixed-Post Mirror Grinding Machine. Hogging the Curve on a 20" f/4.5 Quartz Telescope Mirror.
SkyBadger – Mirror Grinding Machine
I have a Mirror-o-maticmirror making machine that I swapped with MikeMS for a Newtonian telescope that was … Mirror-o-Matic mirror grinding machine Index. Introduction;
Panasonic Hdc-sd60 Telescope Mirror Grinding Machine
Panasonic HDC-SD60 Telescope mirror grinding machine, Grinding 10" pyrex blank for telescope mirror
Stellafane Links Page
(October 2002 Stellafane Mirror Class) Telescope Making Workshops and Seminars. Links to World Wide Mirror Class Listings. … Grinding Machines A Mirror-O-Matic Machine.
50 Inch telescope (1.3 meter telescope) at the Astronomical …
The 1.3m telescope mirror blank has been completed by Peter Wangsness and is now at JP Astrocraft in Charleston, … 1.3-m Mirror Grinding Machine …
Mirror-O-Matic – Dr. Debug
Grinding your own telescope mirror seemed like a cool idea until I did more research and discovered all the physical … Build a machine to grind the mirror …
Stellafane ATM: Materials & Tools
This is the focus of all your work – you will turn this flat piece of glass into an accurate parabolic telescope mirror. … Grinding Tool: We recommend using a …
Mirror Grinding Machine Setup – Best quality!
Hybrid-Hindle grinding/polishing machine for telescope mirrors and lenses.
My Home Grown 32" F2.4 / F8 / F16 Primary Telescope
32 inch Mirror on the Draper Grinding Machine: Grinding was done face up witih a smaller steel tool: … This now takes us to the first telescope 32" mirror cell, …
Building a Waineo type grinding machine
One of the projects that has been on my "someday" list was a rebuild of a lens/mirror grinding machine. … (See also Sky and Telescope, November 1995)
Telescope mirror grinding? – CNCzone.com-The Largest …
As anyone heard of or done any mirror grinding for a primary mirror on a telescope? … There are particular machines for grinding mirrors, …
Machine For Grinding Telescope Specula – ChestofBooks.com …
Machine For Grinding Telescope Specula. … Before describing brietly the machines used in grinding mirrors, it may be well to indicate the first step of all.
Mirror grinding – Telescope making
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Telescope Grinding – Free Video Games
Very old mirror/lens grinding machine. This machine can grind and polish using different stroke patterns, i.e. w-stroke, short strokes, long strokes, etc. C…
How I make Telescope Mirror Blanks – Michael Davis Publishing …
This is a full-thickness, 8 inch diameter telescope mirror blank that I made myself. … It only takes a few minutes on the grinding machine I built for the job.
Large Thin Mirror Making – Mel Bartels, BBAstroDesigns homepage
A grinding machine relieves the … , Sky and Telescope magazine starting on page 75 carries … A lot of work went into preparing the mirror for initial grinding!
Grinding and Testing a Telescope Mirror – The St. John's …
Grinding and Testing a Telescope Mirror … , The Perfect Machine, by Ronald Florence, where Hale used to impress all the important "money people" with this one.)
So you really want to build a Telescope Mirror.
So you really want to build a Telescope Mirror. Bob May. … Grinding/polishing machines work by rotating the bottom piece (mirror or tool) …
Mirror Grinding and Polishing Machine (R Jakob) – ScopeX
Telescope and Astronomy Expo … Mirror Grinding and Polishing Machine (R Jakob) Telescope Making > ATM Diaries 1
From the kiln of Horace Davis – Mirror Grinding Machine
I belong to several on-line amateur telescope making groups. In them I stone many posts from Horace Davis about his attempts at casting mirror blanks in his kiln.
Telescope Making Links – Designs and Techniques | STAR Astronomy
Astronomy, telescope making ,mirror grinding and testing … Grinding Machines Mirror-o-matic Tom Waineo's Desktop Grinding/Polishing Machine Ken Lilja's Grinding Machine
TELESCOPE MAKING – David Ratledge's Virtual Home
A telescope with a Schmidt corrector is a Schmidt … Secondary Mirror. … Even with a grinding machine this is laborious to say the least.