How to Grind a Telescope Mirror in 10 Easy Steps
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2021 10 5 Obtain the right glass. Choose solid grinding tools. Choose the best position to work on mirrors by hand. Grind the back flat. Try and prevent astigmatism. After having the ground and face of the mirror flat through the 220, you are good to begin rough grinding the curve into the mirror. Do some fine grinding.
Mirror Grinding Machine
2015 8 14 My Mirror Grinding Machine. For a long time I've wanted to build a machine for grinding telescope mirrors. Dennis Rech's M o M designs finally inspired me to just get up and do it. Over the years, I'd been collecting motors, gear boxes, pulleys, etc. If you don't have a gear box, you should stick with the M o M power head design. In the