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(3) A homemade telescope mirror can be made with more accuracy and smoothness than the mass-produced commercial mirrors available today. Unfortunately the cost of mirror grinding kits and pyrex blanks has increased significantly in recent years to the point where any savings from making a mirror versus buying one are minimal at best.
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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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This is a grinding machine for the amateur telescope mirror maker who is interested in a grinding and polishing machine. It is what is called a "fixed post machine". If you are not familiar with it check out "Gordon Waite" on Youtube. He has a number of Youtube videos showing this type of machine
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Stone tools go back 3.3 million years. Pounding scraping knapping grinding combined with fire heat melting leads us today to grinding telescope mirrors from glass. Making a telescope mirror is one of the most satisfying and sublime joys you will experience. It s also arguably the most accurate surface made by man or machine.
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