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Day: September 26, 2006

Mirror Grinding Machine

September 26, 2006 by Will O'Brien 6 Comments


The true test of the amateur astronomer is building their own telescope. 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. His site has notes covering his mirror creation machines and other projects.

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