Atm Mirror Grinding Machine

Please consult our list of ATM Suppliers for ideas about where to purchase these items. Topics on this page: Mirror Blanks, Grinding & Polishing Tools, Grits & Pitch, Storage Containers, Grinding Stands, and Miscellaneous Items. 6 & 8 Pyrex Mirror Blanks Patterns on surfaces and edges are mold marks, splotch on 6 is a grinding mark by the

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ATM Material Suppliers US suppliers of Mirror Blanks, Grinding & Polishing Supplies, and Telescope Making Supplies. Astronomy Clubs Many can offer help with your project. Astronomy Conventions & Star Parties A good place to look at various telescopes and chat with their owners. Mirror Making Courses &

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Unlike most other mirrors in your home, the mirror coating of a Newtonian mirror is actually applied to the front face of the glass, not the back. The light collected by the Newtonian primary mirror does not pass through any glass until it reaches the eyepiece. It simply reflects off the curved concave mirror face which focuses all the light

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The I.A.U. named asteroid 17823 Bartels discovered 1998 by J.M.Roe in recognition for my contributions to amateur astronomy. Making is the Key to Knowing. A telescope mirror is arguably the most accurate surface made by human or machine. Amazingly you can grind a mirror by hand and make a telescope with simple hand tools

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Astro-Tel - Mirror grinding machine. I made my first mirror grinding and polishing machine over thirty years ago. It used the working principle of the machine illustrated at A Fig.3, Page 163, Amateur Telescope Making Book 1. A bowl which rotated was fitted to the spindle. Read more

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Aug 19, 2019 Re: Building a fixed post mirror grinding machine. I I had a nice piece of 3/4 stainless dowel that was begging to be used. So I bought a cheap pillow block to provide the locator for the metal dowel, and then drilled the overarm to fit. These pillow blocks are $8 and come complete with a locking collar - great deal

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Jun 8, 2017 - Explore Neil Aubrey's board Telescope Mirror Making on Pinterest. See more ideas about telescope, telescopes, diy telescope

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Gordon started with a 2 thick telescope mirror that weighed about 70 pounds. By thinning the blank, he's lightened the mirror by about 20 pounds! This vid

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Gordon Waite sets up his fixed-post mirror grinding machine to begin rough grinding on an 11 f/4.3 telescope mirror. He uses a grinding tool made from dent

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Mirror Grinding Machines - an Astronomy Net ATM Forum message. ATM Forum Message. Forums: ... Howdy, I am going to be joining the ranks of retired people on 12/31,and I am thinking about grinding another mirror. My first mirror is an 8 /f5 that was done by hand. Since then I had to have surgery on my right shoulder,so I am wanting to build a

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Sep 29, 2010 Mirror Grinding Machine - posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: I have some interest in building a grinding machine for possible up to an 18 mirror , but something that will also do a 6 or 8 mirror. I have plans for the Mir O Matic but would like to do something a bit more modern. I have some ideas about using a AC drive and a large aluminum disk for the turntable and have made a parts list

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Oct 03, 2006 The eccentric that controls the side to side motion turns at 11 RPM. I can adjust the length of the stroke and the side to side motion as well as the position of the mirror on the tool. Now I know why my machine is so slow to do its work. I really like the way the mirror o matic works. I may have to rethink things a bit. Mark

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Feb 21, 2015 Page 1 of 2 - Mirror grinding machine-runout - posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: I am in the process of making a fixed post mirror grinding machine, big enough for a 20 inch mirror. I have now got the motor, pulleys, two shafts and turntable all together and working. The turntable rotates at around 25 rpm,which I think should be OK. If I put a dial indicator on the top of the table near the

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Automatic Grinder / Polisher. With the semi-automatic grinding and polishing machines both single and central pressure can be applied. The central pressure allows grinding and polishing of embedded, unembedded and oversized specimens. In combination with a removal measurement, grinding can be done automatically to a defined sample height if required

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Mirror-o-Matic mirror making machine - ATM pages of ... Mirror-O-Matic grinding machine. When I decided in 2009 after a ten-year break to get into mirror making again, it quickly became clear to me that I would need to construct machine, as hand grinding big mirrors is not something very beneficial for the hands of a musician

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A 6 or 8 mirror should take about 40 to 80 hours of effort. While this is a non-trivial amount of time, the mirror can be completed in a few months, and certainly within a year. Most people work one to three hours a day on their mirror about one or two times a week. Homemade Mirrors are

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The machine is shown grinding a 300 mm mirror.How to build a tachometer: http://florin.myip.org/blog/making-tachometer-grinding-polishing-machine-telescope-m

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Gordon Waite shows you the 3-phase motor and VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) that he is installing on the computer-controlled mirror grinding and polishing ma

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