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Mirror Grinding Machine. 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.

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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

Mirror Grinding Machine Plans Pranavsingh. Mirror grinding machine plan.Telescope mirror grinding machines mirror grinding machine cloudy nights sep 29 2010mirror 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.

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 almost the beginning of it here on the web I had lots of of inspiration reading of others projects and viewing their webpages

I borrowed a few ideas from the Mirror-O-Matic mirror grinding machine particularly how to mount the turntable on top of the pulley. Anyone building machinery for cold-working glass should have a look at the MOM web site and plans. There are lots of good ideas there. The

Mar 06 2006 · Making a homemade mirror grinding machineposted in ATM Optics and DIY Forum I want to make a motorized mirror grinder any good info on this i have a couple geared motors low speed high torque. One more question will 1 1/2 shaft size pillow block bearings work good for a homemade EQ mount Thank you John

A Look at the Future of Amateur Telescope Makers Feb 25 2020Making a Mirror grinding Polishing machineMar 16 2015Making my own fixed post mirror grinding/polishing machine Oct 15 2012Mirror Grinding MachineSep 29 2010See more results

Oct 03 2006 · Thanks for the video Jim. I had no idea that these machines ran at those speeds. When I built my machine I didn t have a computer or any books on building grinding machines so I built one that mimics the stroke a person would do. For instance my turntable rotates at just one RPM and the stroke eccentric turns at 36 RPM.

Aug 19 2019 · I ve decided to build my own fixed-post glass grinding and polishing machine. Gordon Waite is probably one of the better mirror makers using this machine and have incorporated some of his ideas into my plan.

I borrowed a few ideas from the Mirror-O-Matic mirror grinding machine particularly how to mount the turntable on top of the pulley. Anyone building machinery for cold-working glass should have a look at the MOM web site and plans. There are lots of good ideas there. The

Aug 19 2019 · I ve decided to build my own fixed-post glass grinding and polishing machine. Gordon Waite is probably one of the better mirror makers using this machine and have incorporated some of his ideas into my plan.

I assume you are talking about a telescope mirror. I have read a lot and ground one small mirror some years ago but did it all by hand. If I remember properly some of the features you want in a grinding machine are the ability to change the stroke s length as well as the path it

Throughout the grinding and final lapping stages the objective has been to reduce pits and scratches to the smallest possible size. However no amount of grinding can produce a surface smooth enough or sufficiently transparent to meet the needs of a first-class telescope objective. Different techniques are

I finally decided it was time to build a machine to help me grind the edges of the blanks true and round. This is my home-built edge grinding machine for grinding down my home-cast mirror blanks. Click to see the whole project. This is a 12.5 inch diameter 1.5 inch thick light-weight honeycomb-back telescope mirror blank that I made myself.

Mirror-o-Matic was designed to be a very low cost astronomical mirror grinding polishing and figuring machine. Its attributes are 1. It can be built for somewhere between 200 and 400. 2. It is constructed of hardware store items and it needs no machined parts. 3. It is constructed primarily of 3/4 inch plywood and has few close tolerances. 4.

This web page provides an overview of my large homemade telescope making project. I read several telescope and mirror making books and visited many amateur telescope making or "ATM" websites to learn how to build a 14.5 inch homemade telescope of this size. These sources of information provided many of the techniques I used to make the telescope.

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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. I also built another machine

Nov 01 2011 · Hi AllWeve been having some idle discussions about grinding mirrors here. In particular weve been discussing building a fixed post mirror grinding turntable for cutting mirrors up to about a 24inch diameter to spherical. Its only a pipe dream at the

Rough Grinding a Quartz Telescope Mirror on the Fixed-Post Machine This video shows how to setup a mirror grinding machine for fixed-post grinding also known as spin grinding or spinning. After setup you ll see how abrasiv. The best Telescopes For beginners in the marketOutdoor Click

How I make Telescope Mirror Blanks. How I make Telescope Mirror Blanks Fusing thin disks to make thick slabs. This is a full-thickness 8 inch diameter telescope mirror blank that I made myself. This web page will show how I did it. It only takes a few minutes on the grinding machine I built for the job.

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Sep 04 2014 · Foucault Knife-Edge TestHow to build / Tutorial I hope this video fulfills its destination and helps some people who are grinding/polishing a telescope mirror and want to test it during the

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Oct 30 2007 · m fine grinding my 12" plate glass mirror blank with the M-O-M by Dennis Rech. It s an automatic mirror making machine that takes the "caveman" work out of mirror grinding.

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This web page provides an overview of my large homemade telescope making project. I read several telescope and mirror making books and visited many amateur telescope making or "ATM" websites to learn how to build a 14.5 inch homemade telescope of this size. These sources of information provided many of the techniques I used to make the telescope.

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.

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Nov 01 2011 · Hi AllWeve been having some idle discussions about grinding mirrors here. In particular weve been discussing building a fixed post mirror grinding turntable for cutting mirrors up to about a 24inch diameter to spherical. Its only a pipe dream at the

This is why you don t want to make mirrors to be worked on machines too thin. For 16" to 18" mirrors 1.62" thick is the thinness I would recommend. There are several ways to support the grinding and polishing machine turntable but first make sure the turntable itself is rigid. It

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Oct 30 2007 · m fine grinding my 12" plate glass mirror blank with the M-O-M by Dennis Rech. It s an automatic mirror making machine that takes the "caveman" work out of mirror grinding.

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Lens Mirror Making • Best lenses and mirrors are both made by grinding the surface • Start with a mirror or lens blank • For mirrors only surface needs to be good • Typical mirror want pyrex (eg BK7) • Then need a tool blankpoorer glass softer glass • Place mirror on top tool • Now add grinding compound (grit) between

Mar 16 2015 · Page 1 of 5Making a Mirror grinding Polishing machineposted in ATM Optics and DIY Forum Hello I am on the half of the way to make a mirror grinding machine inspired by original M-O-M design. I made the pulley arrangement such a way that both the turn table eccentric spins at 50 RPM fixed.