Rewarm the mirror and place on the lap and work it about gently to get the plug back into position. This should work well although I haven't had to do such....
Vladimir Where can I find the David Rowe Fringe xp program? Thanks Ron Vladimir Galogaza <vladimir.galogaza@...> wrote: . In my opinion manual fringe...
Ron, Regarding FringeXP this program is not yet released and is in its test form distributed for evaluation only. I guess that soon this excelent program will...
Hello Again, I am looking for some advice or support here on making sure my grinding is correct. I am working on an 8" pyrex blank. I am down to #220 grit. I...
I have posted a lot of tests you can do on my web site. If you go there, the hit counter will go up to three. www.megspace.com/science/sfe Look for the...
Mark the location of several of the large pits and see if another wet removes them. There will always be some larger pits, usually of the shallow variety at...
Richard, What happened with experiment with two 9" blanks one stressed another not, which should answer the question how (un)suitable stressed glass is for ...
The two mirrors are sitting in my garage waiting to be finished. But higher priority goes to rebuilding the drill press, which I need to build the two blanks...
Here is what I found out. The webring website went under. It has now been moved to a different location. I do not have the power to update it in this group....
FWIW, my wife brought home some solar powered lights which resemble stepping stones. I thought she was nuts, and humored her by placing them on her side of the...
I'm here and watching... My computer at home (hotel) took a deadly virus hit and it's frowned on to post from the work PC's due to security reasons. I'll look...
Forgot to say thanks to the guys that are standing in and watching over the group in my exile. I read all the posts and do some posting but am limiting my...
here is what I received. <<<The web ring hosting company (Crickrock) appears to have gone out of business (at least the web site's gone away, and I can't...
That FLAT mirror is elliptical in shape, honeycombed in construction and approximately 4X6 ft in size. It is shown during the ROUGH GRINDING stage. It was...
Ken, I need to start some kind of mailing list for a political campaign. Can you offer any cheap advice? Where to go? Setup options? How to get it listed...
... Hmmm... You're not running for Gubernator of California are you? I thought Arnie had that one sewed up already! ... All of my advice is cheap and worth...
Richard... Check out this link: http://www.google.com/addurl.html to post your site to Google's list. I also found that Google has GROUPS TOO... Haven't...
... Are you going for elections. In that case are you in need for supporters, I am volunteering (extremely cheap, long practice in "peoples republic style...
As you may know, in the last two elections I tried to get on the board of directors of the local water district. The water district is important because we,...
While most of you are pushers of glass, I my self have niether the time or energy to do so. I am looking to make a small RFT for a good grab-n-go telescope....
I can understand you not wanting to grind a mirror but did you know that a 6" or smaller mirror can be ground and polished in a weekend? sometimes in one day. ...
Dang, and I was looking forward to somebody asking Richard if he "rolled his own", and of course he would answer "but I don't inhale" Ah well. imagine. Living...