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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.
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The mirror or lens grinding machine is a masterpiece of mechanical engineering. It has several gears in mesh at all times and also has several variable settings built into it. This machine was most likely designed by Leonardo while he was either investigating the different ways that light reflected off things or maybe he was planning on inventing a telescope or some other optical device.
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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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29-09-2010· 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
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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
Motor and Gearbox for a Computerized Mirror Grinding
13-02-2014· Gordon Waite shows you the 3-phase motor and VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) that he is installing on the computer-controlled mirror grinding and polishing machine he is building. The machine is
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25-06-2013· MIRROR GRINDING MACHINE Duration: 2:25. Pavan Kadam 1,731 views. 2:25. Rough Grinding a 20" Quartz Telescope Mirror on the Fixed-Post Machine Duration: 9:53. GordonWaite 86,164 views.
Grinding Machine for Large Telescope Mirrors
Grinding Machine for Large Telescope Mirrors I designed and built a grinding machine for mirrors up to 42 inches [1.1m] in diameter. By slipping on and off a couple of belts, the machine can quickly be reconfigured for spinning work or for stroking work.
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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.
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06-03-2006· 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
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29-09-2010· 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
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A good starter size is the 150 mm (6") mirror. A 200mm (8") will also work. Most ATM books and websites recommend a Pyrex® mirror blank, but in my opinion, annealed plate glass is better for this first, "learn and practice" mirror.It is cheaper, it is softer and grinds faster, needing less abrasives and with these small sizes, the low expansion glass like Pyrex has no practical (visible at
Making my own fixed post mirror grinding/polishing
15-10-2012· 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?
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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.
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Making a homemade mirror grinding machine ATM,
06-03-2006· 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
Mirror Grinding Machine ATM, Optics and DIY Forum
29-09-2010· 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
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Mirror Grinding Machine. 2015-8-14 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 them came from industrial junk yards.
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03-10-2006· Thanks for the video Jim. I had no idea that these machines ran at those speeds. When I built my machine, I didn't have a computer or any books on building grinding machines so I built one that mimics the stroke a person would do. For instance, my turntable rotates at just one RPM and the stroke eccentric turns at 36 RPM.
Building a fixed post mirror grinding machine
19-08-2019· Re: Building a fixed post mirror grinding machine Post by Kanadalainen » Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:17 pm Update: The 6061 aluminum turntable top was ready this
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21-02-2015· Page 1 of 2 Mirror grinding machine-runout posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: I am in the process of making a fixed post mirror grinding machine, big enough for a 20 inch mirror. I have now got the motor, pulleys, two shafts and turntable all together and working. The turntable rotates at around 25 rpm,which I think should be OK. If I put a dial indicator on the top of the table near the
Making my own fixed post mirror grinding/polishing
15-10-2012· 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?
Joy of Mirror Making: Rough Grinding BBAstroDesigns
Rough Grinding The first milestone is putting a curve into the mirror face. The curve's depth dictates the mirror's focal length. The curve should be spherical. Creating the curve can be done by several methods: The curve is ground into the mirror face using a grinding tool. The curve is pre-generated for you.
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Mirror grinding machine construction log
Mirror grinding machine construction log I started thinking about building my own mirror grinding machine several years ago. Having been on the ATM list now since almost the beginning of it here on the web, I had lots of of inspiration reading of others projects and viewing their webpages
Building a fixed post mirror grinding machine
19-08-2019· Re: Building a fixed post mirror grinding machine Post by Kanadalainen » Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:17 pm Update: The 6061 aluminum turntable top was ready this
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).
Making my own fixed post mirror grinding/polishing
15-10-2012· 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?
Joy of Mirror Making: Rough Grinding BBAstroDesigns
Rough Grinding The first milestone is putting a curve into the mirror face. The curve's depth dictates the mirror's focal length. The curve should be spherical. Creating the curve can be done by several methods: The curve is ground into the mirror face using a grinding tool. The curve is pre-generated for you.
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21-02-2015· Page 1 of 2 Mirror grinding machine-runout posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: I am in the process of making a fixed post mirror grinding machine, big enough for a 20 inch mirror. I have now got the motor, pulleys, two shafts and turntable all together and working. The turntable rotates at around 25 rpm,which I think should be OK. If I put a dial indicator on the top of the table near the
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With the Mirror on top, the tool on the bottom, and coarse grit in between, we start grinding with the mirror overhanging the tool. We rub the center of mirror against the edge of the tool, and this wears a depression in the center of the mirror (the edge of the tool wears down also, so that the tool becomes convex (a "hill" in the center) and the mirror becomes concave (a shallow "bowl").