Jumping into Mirror Making Michael Mills. I have been preparing to grind my own primary mirror for a long time. I''ve collected many fine books on telpe making and ...
Grinding with thin telpe mirror kits: Thin glass grinding differs slightly from "standard" mirror making practices. Keep these principals in mind when using your ...
Learn alternative methods for speeding up the grinding and polishing of a telpe mirror. ... Fast Mirror Grinding and Polishing Miscellaneous Tips and Techniques .
Well, you''ve gotten a start, but the process, especially the figuring step at the end when you take a spherical mirror and turn it into a parabolic section i...
telpe mirror grinding machine based on Dennis Rech''s MoM 20
Build Your Own Telpe. ... MirrorOMatic grinding ... and can be used for all three steps necessary in producing a mirror. That is you can use it to grind, ...
· Select a telpe design · Make a tile tool · Rough grind · Fine grind to get shape and smoothness · Make a pitch lap · Polish the mirror
Large Thin Mirror Making ..., Sky and Telpe magazine starting on page 75 carries an article by Toshimi Taki, ... and fine grind the mirror to a better sphere.
Telpe Mirrors If you can grind and polish a sphere, you can make a telpe mirror that will leave nothing to be Alan Adler Above: ...
The fabrication of this 20" telpe mirror was a little unusual. ... I have to rough grind with loose abrasives, from #80 through #120, ...
Tips on grinding thin telpe mirrors using thin plate glass mirror blanks
Jul 31, 2018· I did not know John Dobson, nor do I know someone who knew him, but I feel like I did from all the testimonials I have read. At the least, my telpe build is .
Gone with the grind: RIT student puts new spin on telpe mirrors ... the necessary shape for a Newtonian telpe mirror, ...
and Other Things to Know About Mirror Making ... For many years the Springfield Telpe Makers have held mirror making ... Why would grind a mirror when ...
A18. TO GRIND A TELPE MIRROR (Three evenings) This exercise is not intended to make a perfect piece of optics, but just to show the principle of the methods used ...
Amateur Telpe Making Table of Contents ... you can grind and figure a fine mirror with a surface accurate to a few millionths of an inch! ...
Nov 06, 2013· Page 1 of 2 24 F/6 thin telpe mirror grinding 3/4 plate posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: A friend and I have decided to grind this as a fun yet ...
amateur astronomer''s information page for telpe making ... If you choose "Mirror making" Before you start: Whilst you are learning to set up and grind your mirror ...
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Home> Mirror making. Telpe Mirror Making Contents: ... Making your own telpe is a ... I got lucky with my 12" mirror I didn''t decide to grind the back ...
Video embedded· Its what I decided to use to make the mirror... let''s make. ... How to Make Your Own Telpe Mirror. ... Instructables will help you learn how to .
How to Grind a Telpe Mirror Reflector telpes, such as Newtonian and Dobson telpes, use curved mirrors instead of lenses to focus light. Mirrors are much ...
Roger Ceragioli ''s Refractor Construction Page . How to grind and polish a refractor lens and ... [my personal favorite is Jean Texereau''s "How to Make a Telpe" ...
Notes from John Dobson''s Telpe Making Class. If you would like to grind your own telpe mirror, or build a telpe the Dobson way, these notes should be very ...