mirror grinding machine plans

Building a fixed post mirror grinding machine ...

Re: Building a fixed post mirror grinding machine. I I had a nice piece of 3/4" stainless dowel that was begging to be used. So I bought a cheap pillow block to provide the locator for the metal dowel, and then drilled the overarm to fit. These pillow blocks are $8 and come complete with a locking collar - great deal.

Making a 25 inch F2.6 mirror - BBAstroDesigns

A lightweight mirror makes the work of grinding, polishing and parabolizing so much easier. Astigmatism is not an issue for such a large fast mirror. A simple mirror cell suffices (9 point where each point supports a 2 inch diameter pad back support, 2 …

Stellafane ATM: Make a Tile Tool

The well used tile tool at right illustrates a couple of maintenance issues. 1. Tiles Grind Away: You may grind through your tiles at the edge, especially if you are making a very fast (low focal ratio) mirror.In that case, you can epoxy a second layer of tiles on over the first.

Stellafane Links Page

The Baker Road Inn telephone: (802)886-2304, Springfield, VT*. Chester House Inn. Springfield Chamber of Commerce. Jay Drew*. For the convenience of our readers, we provide links to other web sites that offer additional or supplementary information to that provided on …

Mirror-o-Matic

Before starting machine grinding and polishing, one should at least read several books on mirror making. Most of these books will be about hand work, but knowledge of calculating and measuring a sagitta, pouring pitch laps, building tile tools, and most importantly reading and interpreting the Ronchi and Foucault tests are extremely important.

Tool Grinder Plans - Home Metal Shop Club

(including one as mirror image i.e. circlips face each other) NOTE: Bearing length includes extra space for felt washers to keep grit out of bearing. Tool Grinder Drawings SHEET 8 OF 21 REV. A A SIZE FILE NAME SCALE 2:1 Bearing Block PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF MARTIN …

Polishing Wax, Polishing Wax direct from Guangzhou Yi ...

Polishing plan Polishing Machine. Grinding Machine ... Creative Design factory price high quality sanding paper grinding machine. $750.00 - $800.00 / Set. 1 Set ... high luster wheel. $2.40 - $2.70 / Unit. 100.0 Units (Min. Order) microfiber remove wheel for kitchenware the final step mirror complete. $2.40 - $2.70 / Unit. 100.0 Units (Min ...

A Construction Manual For Converting The Mirror -o-Matic

The original Mirror -o-Matic had a turntable that doubled as a slurry drip pan. Because of the increased effort of removing larger, heavier mirrors on this new bigger machine, I have added a stationary drip pan under the turntable. This will allow wa shing the mirror in place and attaching a drain pipe to the pan.

How I built an edge grinder for telpe mirror blanks.

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 become the base of the turntable.

M-o-M Free Preview - Mirror-o-matic

Mirror-o-Matic Just follow the cartoons. Cut out the following parts from 3/4" plywood and assemble them as shown. Mirror-o-Matic Attach a 1-1/2" pulley to the end of a 5/8" x 12" long shaft. Set the socket screw. This is the medium speed shaft. Slide this shaft through two bearing sets and bolt this assembly to the frame as shown.

Home Made Grinding Polishing Machine Detailed Plan

Home Made Mirror Grinding Polishing Machine Detailed Plan. Kyc machine industry crusher wiring diagramin sri lanka.Recent country news blockchain blockchain applications industry dynamics kyc know your customer onfido sri lanka 0 recently the central bank of sri lanka cbsl published a call for applicants to run a proof of concept for a shared ...

Wuxi Jin Ming Jian De Industry&Trade Co., Ltd.

---Surface grinding equipment includes: flat plate polishing machine, 8K mirror grinding machine,embossing machine, dry grinding wire drawing machine, etc.; ... JM Steel will promote innovation and revolution based on our "small and beautiful" strategic plan and international development technology development trends, in order to achieve ...

Mirror Grinding Machine

My Mirror Grinding Machine. For a long time I've wanted to build a machine for grinding telpe 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. …

Mirror Grinding Machine » Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

Leonardo's Mirror Grinding Machine. 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 ...

3rd World making a wheel hub

a certain very well educated man build a mirror grinding machine in his dying years and initially cut the cup into some mild steel. then changed plans later and bored out the cup he made to accept the cup of (possibly different set of bearings).

Leos Car » Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

Recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's Car. In 2004 a team from The Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence decided to try and recreate Leonardo da Vinci's Car.They spent several months designing a 3d model of Leonardo's Car based on his designs, once they had that done they CNC Machined all o the components from the 5 different types of wood Leonardo …

Fixed post mirror grinder advice - DIY Astronomer ...

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 (16-20 inches) with the tool moving across the mirror, from side to side, at a higher rpm depending on the size of the mirror and/or tool.

Telpe Making Links - Designs and Techniques | STAR ...

Large Thin Mirror Making by Mel Bartels. Grinding Machines. Mirror-o-matic. Tom Waineo's Desktop Grinding/Polishing Machine. Ken Lilja's Grinding Machine. Grinding Machine. Figuring. Figuring a Paraboidal mirror by thermal predistortion. Optical Testing.

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 …

Making a homemade mirror grinding machine - ATM, Optics ...

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 question ...will 1 1/2 shaft size pillow block bearings work good for a homemade EQ mount? Thank you, John

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 Telpe Making" Book 1. A bowl which rotated was fitted to the spindle. I also built another machine of the same type.

Parabolizing a Telpe Mirror - BBAstroDesigns

The mirror began figuring with a radius of curvature of 131.8 inches [3348cm], so the total shrinkage was 0.5 inches [13mm]. Slopes. The mirror's surface is curved with varying slopes that direct the parallel light from afar to a point of focus. Tests like the Foucault and Ronchi are slope tests: they measure slope.

mirror grinding machine for sale - mayukhportfolio.co.in

Jim Loudon Obs. - THE NEWLY REBUILT 10.5" f/3.95 NEWTONIAN. First, a good bevel was put on the mirror to prevent any chipping. ... The original grinding machine was a simple spindle and non-driven overarm. ... up for a dollar here dollar there at garage sales and the tube is a thin all cement form tube.

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.

Making a Mirror grinding & Polishing machine - Page 2 ...

Page 2 of 5 - Making a Mirror grinding & 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 …

K.O. B603 Grinder - Help me not make a purchase mistake!

Nonetheless at anything under $150 with as many tooling goodies as you can sell elsewhere if you really don't plan to use them, it would be a fair way to get started. Most T & C grinder manuals have a page about using the machine to surface grind small stuff, and often offered a fixture (small vise or clamp pad, essentially, for that purpose.

33 Telpe Making ideas | telpe, diy telpe ...

Nov 6, 2018 - Explore Astro's board "Telpe Making" on Pinterest. See more ideas about telpe, diy telpe, telpes.

The Cam Hammer » Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions

This machine would be used extensively several hundreds of years after his death during the industrial revolution. They would be powered by Steam engine and could hammer at up to twenty times per second. They were used to draw out the sheet metal for ships and armored machines for war such as the tanks in world war 1.

Need help with ATM in India, and finding right vendors ...

My plan is to make a mirror grinding machine that can grind a 20 inch glass blank some day. But, we are starting with a 8inch mirror as our first project. Now, this is what we have a lot of trouble with. We can't find any company in India that sells glass blanks. We have to import it (mostly from China) but shipping and customs duty is way too ...

Mirror-O-Matic

Build a machine to grind the mirror (AKA mirror-o-matic) Buy some glass. Mirror-O-Matic . One of the coolest ideas I found on the Web was this thing called a Mirror-O-Matic. Credit goes to Dennis Rech for making available the plans on the Internet on how to build it.