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10" f/5 Telescope Mirror from Waite Research
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Gordon Waite has a 10" f/5 primary mirror finished and available. The mirror has exceptional numbers and can become the heart of your next telescope. This one will delive...
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A Beautiful View of the Planet Venus
GordonWaite
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A Surprisingly Bright Venus Seen From Our Front Yard
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Parabolizing a 20" Mirror, Part 2: Deepening the Curve
GordonWaite
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The curve on the 20" quartz telescope mirror needs to be deepened from a roughly spherical surface toward parabolic. Gordon Waite shows how to use 7", 8" and 12.5" pitch l...
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Parabolizing a 20" Mirror, Part 1: Preparations
GordonWaite
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The 20" quartz telescope mirror is polished out, and Gordon is ready to begin deepening the curve toward a paraboloid. In this video, he shows how to press and prep the la...
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A Fast Mirror Part 1, Before the Grind
GordonWaite
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Gordon Waite is starting a new project: grinding, polishing and figuring a 20" f/3.5 mirror on a quartz blank. Before he starts grinding this fast primary, Gordon measures...
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Ronchi and Foucault Tests on the 20" f/4.5 Quartz Telescope Mirror
GordonWaite
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Both of the twin 20" quartz telescope mirrors are finished. Gordon puts the "A" disk on the test stand and shows how the Foucault test and the Ronchi test look. This mirr...
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Figuring a 20" Mirror, Part 2: Smoothing and Blending Techniques
GordonWaite
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While working on reducing a narrow zone on the 20" telescope mirror, Gordon Waite shows several "tricks of the trade" using small pitch laps. These tricks show you how to ...
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Figuring a 20" Mirror, Part 1: Reducing a High Zone
GordonWaite
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Gordon Waite is putting the final figure on a 20" f/4.5 quartz mirror. In this video, he shows how he uses several pitch laps to reduce a high zone near the outside edge o...
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Making a Ceramic Tile and Dental Plaster Grinding Tool for the 20" f/4.5 Telescope Mirror
GordonWaite
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Gordon Waite demonstrates how to make a long-lasting grinding tool from dental plaster and ceramic tile. This tool is designed for hogging with very rough abrasives, to re...
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Rough Polishing the 20" f/4.5 Telescope Mirror
GordonWaite
3,521 views
This segment shows how to cold press and prepare the surface of the pitch lap. Gordon Waite shows how to set up his fixed-post mirror polishing machine, and demonstrates s...
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