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Sep 26, 2006#0183;#32;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.
Sep 26, 2006#0183;#32;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.
Jul 08, 2013#0183;#32;Homemade 10inch Mirror Grinding Machine. Sorry for blurred image.....
Cut a strip of cereal box cardboard (or similar material) to be exactly twice as thick as your mirror and longer than it''s circumference. Wrap it tightly around your food wrap covered mirror blank, and secure it with masking tape. Make sure the cardboard is flush with the work surface on all sides.
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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 quot;Aquot;, Page 163, quot;Amateur Telpe Makingquot; Book 1. A bowl which rotated was fitted to the spindle. I also built another machine
For hogging out, we start with the quot;chordal strokequot; Put the tool on the bottom, add half a teaspoon of #80 grit, sprinkle with water and place the mirror center near the edge of the tool. Use 1/3 mirror diameter strokes. This means that stroke is 1/3 length in total, 1/6 forward, 1/6th backwards.
Oct 15, 2012#0183;#32;Page 1 of 2 Making my own fixed post mirror grinding/polishing machine posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: Hey guys. Im thinking of making my own fixed post mirror grinding/polishing and curve generating machine. Ive got loads of questions regarding the design so Ill just start firing away Do I need an eccentric moving tool to be able to polish a mirror spherical?
Mar 06, 2006#0183;#32;Making a homemade mirror grinding machine posted 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 questionwill 1 1/2 shaft size pillow block bearings work good for a homemade EQ mount? Thank you, John
Sep 29, 2014#0183;#32;Mechanical assembly is complete. The machine could start grinding now. I still need to build the electronics, and then there''s painting and finishing.
Nov 01, 2011#0183;#32;Basically there are two types of grinding/polishing machine. The traditional type which involves the mirror rotating at a relatively slow speed, a few rpm for a big mirror (1620 inches) with the tool moving across the mirror, from side to side, at a higher rpm depending on the size of the mirror
platter rotates at rpm / = 15 rpm. offset oscillates at 15 rpm / = rpm. Axes separation: 42 inch mirror with 21 inch radius, 80% stroke length = 17 inch stroke; 21 inch+17 inch=38 inch axes separation. motor to shaft and shaft to reducer set to 45 deg angle between axes or inch.
Mar 16, 2015#0183;#32;Page 2 of 5 Making a Mirror grinding amp; Polishing machine posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: The machine I made is just driven by a drill press and pulley system. Variable speeds could be nice, but so far this system has worked. The turntable goes about 40 RPM for spin grinding and polishing, which works quite well. I can add a reduction and the table then goes about RPM, which
MirrorOMatic grinding machine. When I decided in 2009 after a tenyear 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.
A table saw covered with layers of newspaper about 1/2 inch thick (to support the mirror and tool) was used as the grinding stand. A quot;wetquot; began by spraying the disks with water and smearing a small amount of grit over the tool (or mirror) with my fingers. The mirror (or tool) was then carefully placed on top of the tool (or mirror) and
Feb 03, 2013#0183;#32;telpe mirror grinding / polishing machine with tachometer Duration: 1:34. Florin Andrei 17,224 views. Free Plans Available Duration: 55:48. DIY Builds Recommended for you.
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 firstclass telpe objective. Different techniques are
My Mirror Grinding Machine. For a long time I''ve wanted to build a machine for grinding telpe mirrors. Dennis Rech''s MoM 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 them came from industrial junk yards.
Sep 29, 2010#0183;#32;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