Held again at Fletcher House in Chester, due to general inaccessibility of Breezy Hill, we had a great turnout and plenty going on. In this first section, we focus on the main mirror class workshop of polishing and grinding.
Bernie's Finished Mirror
Grinders Everywhere
Samantha & Kim
A Little Instruction
Finding Pits
Soap & Soup
Washing Up
Caitlin & Chris
Advice from Bert
Jay Demonstrates
Jim Polishing
Carl Polishes
Laps
Some photos of the laps we had at class this session
Warming it up
Tailgate Lap Making
Star Lap
Testing
A few images of the goings-on in the darkened testing room.
Testing Dennis' old 10"
Testing Rif's Mirror
Testing Wayne's Mirror
Refractor Class
Paul Valelli is teaching a refractor making class to advanced members. This session we focused on measuring and testing equipment for lenses and flats.
Flats & Fringes
Newton's Fringes
Repairman
Dave & Andy
Spectroscopic Jeff
Pitch Tester
Equipment Demo
Edge Runout Tester
Fringe Analysis
Other Images from this Day
Here are a few miscellaneous images of activities and things from this day at mirror class. it was a great year, see you next October for the next class...
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