Astro-Tel Mirror grinding machine
Plan view of top of machine. Fig. 2. Side view of top of machine. Fig. 3. Front view of top of machine. Fig. 4. Plan view of drive arrangement. Fig. 5. Side view of drive arrangement. Fig. 6. Details of stroke crank. Fig. 7. Details of Stabalizer bar. Fig. 8 Showing Lap & Mirror Holding Details Fig. 9.
Making a homemade mirror grinding machine ATM,
06.03.2006· As promised I was able to find time to develop a 3D model of the overhead bridge for my mirror grinding ad polishing bench. The construction is quite simple. The shuttle rides back and forth on a bridge made from two pieces of quarter angle aluminum. The shuttle is grooved to allow the extrusion to ride in the slot which is lined with Teflon.
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telescope grinding machine MINING solution. Astro-Tel Mirror grinding machine. 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 of the
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Draw a grid on the mirror surface with a permanent marker (<--picture) Add the usual half teaspoon of grit, sprinkle with water and grind for a couple of minutes, rotating tool and mirror often. Rinse the mirror and inspect the grid lines. If the grid is worn out evenly, you are doing fine.
Fixed post mirror grinder advice DIY Astronomer
01.11.2011· Have a look for the plans of the 'mirror-o-matic' by Denis Reichs. There are some pictures of mine on the website. The plans are sized for a 12" version or a 20" version but the 12" version can do up to 18" or so. It will do pretty much everything you want it to do but is not a hogging accelerator like, say, a diamond wheel on a hnd grinder swung from a ceiling joist.
Making a Mirror grinding & Polishing machine ATM,
16.03.2015· Page 1 of 5 Making a Mirror grinding & Polishing machine posted 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. I wont go for making mirror bigger that 10.5 (or max 12).
DIY Telescope Mirror grinding machine YouTube
08.07.2013· Homemade 10inch Mirror Grinding Machine. Sorry for blurred image.....
Build your own telescope part 1: The mirror Thomas
On the opposite, a shallow mirror (e.g. F/D = 8) will be performing very well on planets and the moon. The theory behind grinding is that you can remove glass as long as you use a material with a higher hardness. Telescope makers use silicon carbide powders (a.k.a. carborundum) for this task. It is cheap and comes in various size (can range
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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Well, that depends. Mostly on the mirror size you wish to grind, and the prices of the local market. In the US, telescope mirrors are the cheapest. A decent 6" (150 mm) mirror can be bought for under 100$. In Europe, prices are usually twice, if not three times that. In some countries telescope mirrors are unavailable, so they need to be
Mirror Grinding Machine Hackaday
26.09.2006· Grinding and polishing your own mirrors is a long, arduous process. Instead of lapping the blank by hand, Laurie Hall built this mirror grinding machine from scratch.
Fixed post mirror grinder advice DIY Astronomer
01.11.2011· 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
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Fixed-post machine grinding is where the mirror is on a turntable rotating around 20 PRM [speeds vary], and a 75% tool is on top. They are already curve-generated. The tool is hanging over the mirror by 1/6 the diameter of the tool, or about 1/8 diameter of the mirror, and is fixed in this position. The motor turns the mirror and the differential rotation enables the grit and water to grind
Mel Bartels' Amateur Telescope Making
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. With such a telescope, Saturn with its rings are stunning. The telescope enables our vision quest. A good telescope brings joy and a world beyond words; a good telescope gives crispy images across a range of magnifications
Stellafane ATM:Mirror Making Myths
Telescope mirrors can be made in your kitchen, basement or garage with nothing more than the mirror blank and a second piece of glass (called the tool) to rub the mirror against with an abrasive grit and water slurry. You can do this on a wet towel on your kitchen counter, on a board with a few cleats screwed to in on your lap, or the traditional way on a barrel or pedestal. You need no
telescope mirror grinding machine
telescope grinding machine MINING solution. Astro-Tel Mirror grinding machine. 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 of the
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03.06.2020· Mirror Grinding MachineMy 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 fi. Home; Products; Cases; About Us; Contact Us; telescope mirror grinding machine plans. 2020-06-03T10:06:23+00:00 Mobile Crushers; Stationary Crushers; Grinding Mill; Washing & Screening; Ore Beneficiation ; Primary
Building a fixed post mirror grinding machine
19.08.2019· 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 like the fixed-post plan vs others with eccentric drives, because it gets the heavy grinding done in an automated manner, but still give you the chance to hand-figure.
GRINDING A TELESCOPE REFLECTOR WITH TOOL-GRINDING DEVICE
Grinding telescope reflectors of 15-inch diameter and over makes it necessary to employ a motor-driven turntable. Small mirrors are generally ground and polished by rotating the tool, fastened to the turntable, and working the mirror blank by hand either in straight or in circular strokes over the tool. In this case the overhang of the mirror tends to gradually cut down the rim of the tool and
Making a Mirror grinding & Polishing machine ATM,
16.03.2015· Page 1 of 5 Making a Mirror grinding & Polishing machine posted 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. I wont go for making mirror bigger that 10.5 (or max 12).
telescope mirror grinding machine plans
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. Most of
How I built an edge grinder for telescope mirror blanks.
I have been casting my own telescope mirror blanks for a few years now. How I do it is explained 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 large wood circle will
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Fixed post mirror grinder advice DIY Astronomer
01.11.2011· 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
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The Machines: Documentation: Information for ATMs Zip archive of Mirror-o-Matic Yahoo Groups (2000-2019) 307 MB Contact Dennis
Free Telescope Mirror Grinding Stand Plans
08.09.2011· Free Telescope Mirror Grinding Stand plans One of the great joys of telescope making is grinding your own mirror. Now days it is easer to buy finished mirrors than grinding kits to make them. Still grinding your own mirror is a key skill that makes you a real telescope
Telescope Mirror Grinding Stand Free Woodworking
One of the great joys of telescope making is grinding your own mirror. Now days it is easier to buy finished mirrors than grinding kits to make them. Still grinding your own mirror is a key skill that makes you a real telescope maker. To do it, you need a mirror grinding stand. Tags: DIY projects free woodworking plans telescopes. Written by Jim. Creator of FreeWoodworkingPlan, online
Telescope Mirror Grinding Machine Plans
Mirror grinding machine plans Mirror Grinding Machine telescope mirror grinding machine based on Dennis Rechs M-o-M 20 To use these parts I had to modify some of Dennis plans. Build Your Own Telescope Part 1 The Mirror Thomas. Rough grinding. This step is about making one side of the glass concave. It will give your mirror its overall focal ratio. If you make the centre deep you will end up
Mirror Grinding Machine Hackaday
26.09.2006· Grinding and polishing your own mirrors is a long, arduous process. Instead of lapping the blank by hand, Laurie Hall built this mirror grinding machine from scratch.
grinding an optical flat mirror
Fine grinding. A flatness in the range of 1 µm can be reached by grinding three glass blanks alternatingly against each other, blank 1 on 2, 2 on 3, 3 on 1, and so on. This will be continued with each Carbo grade. After fine grinding, one of the blanks is picked as the future flat mirror and will be polished. My blanks were 150 mm borofloat blanks with 15 mm thickness from Schott, Germany.
How to Make Your Own Telescope Mirror Instructables
How to Make Your Own Telescope Mirror: [Fig 1] This is a large piece of glass a woman off Craigslist gave me. It was 40"x40" and 0.75" thick. Its what I decided to use to make the mirror. Cutting it into smaller sections can be difficult but scoring it with a glass cutter
200x Reflecting Telescope & Mirror Grinding How-To
25.03.2021· Plans for building a 200x power, 6" Reflecting Telescope and tripod. Complete details on grinding and polishing the mirror. Has a sturdy equatorial mounting. 60"- 65" long telescope tube 7" 8" in diameter; Uses standard 1 1/4" eyepieces; Details on setting the telescope up and adjusting. This is an original two part, 16 page magazine
Dick Parker's Telescope Mirror Workshop: Cassegrain
Grinding the secondary is just like grinding any other optic except in minature. I ground the secondary with the mirror on a workstand and worked the tool on top just like I would grind a larger mirror. This optic is small enough that a lens grinding machine could work well. I did not have a lens grinding machine and it is not necessary if you
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You could try "Advanced Telescope Making Techniques" by MacIntosh. There are several grinding machines plans given as examples. I too would recommend the making of a couple of smaller mirrors to get the feel of how things "blend" when using a machine. I used to remove the arm from my machine and finish off the polishing by hand on the rotating
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Currently manufacturing a 16″ diameter 1″ thick plate glass f3.88 Newtonian telescope mirror. Doing this with my new fixed post grinding machine built this summer. Work is progressing well, and very efficient. Started project in August 2013 and at this point I am ready to move on from 25 micron White Aluminum Oxide to 9 micon White Aluminum
