A few Comments on These Photos
We have a large number of photos this time, some due to some 'extra' non-mirror class material towards the end, and some due to just having all three photographers snapping away. One of our photographers didn't notice they had knocked their camera and had a bad setting, and some photos came out dark. We only used these when there were no others available. |
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Doug completes his mirror!
Well, as luck would have it, the completion photo of Doug with his mirror was one of the 'bad' photos. Here it is anyway, and the mirror is excellent! (We wouldn't call it done if it wasn't) |
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Doug & Dave |
Doug Relaxes |
Carl, Doug & Fran |
Grinding out Mirrors
Plenty of grinding work going on in the Bunkhouse, keeping everyone busy
(and a bit warmer for the effort). |
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The Jones Family |
Chris at Work |
Caitlin prepares a new wet |
Diagonal Dixie |
That's the Depth! |
Dave & Dixie |
Edge Beveling |
Joyce & Claudio |
Claudio Cleans |
Lap Land
Samantha & Ray made laps this session, here are some shots of them being made,
even some pre-work by Samantha and Alex at home. |
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Epoxy Coated |
Classy Tool |
Cracking Up |
Lap Pouring |
Channeling |
Samantha's New Lap |
Channeling Done |
Ray Squares the Channels |
Precision Surgery |
Finish Work
Up in the McGregor Observatory, Carl, Fran, Doug were working on polishing, figuring and testing. |
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Carl Examines His Mirror |
Still Looking |
Jeff |
Polishing & Figuring |
Fran Testing |
Setting the Distance |
Testers
We seem to have more than a few mirror testers at Stellafane; here is a special section on them. |
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So Many Testers... |
Classic &anp; Variant |
Closing the Tunnel |
People at Stellafane
We had quite a few nice photos of many of the regulars at mirror class,
so here is a small gallery of them |
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STM Secretary Dave |
Samantha |
Head's Head |
Paul |
John & Wayne |
Tom |
Refractor Interest Group
A small number of members are gearing up to make refractors. This time, we needed to make
glass tools from a big sheet of 3/4-inch plate glass and biscuit cut it into 4-inch blanks.
Cutting the sheet into a strip proved to be a challenging job! |
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Tapping the Score |
Use a Bigger Hammer |
Engraving the Score |
Clamped for Cutting |
Read to Go |
Cutting Begins |
Spattered Grit |
Done! |
Beveling Bowl |
Scenes from Stellafane
Something must have been in the air, a number of us snapped some
interesting shots of Stellafane as we moved about the site. Here are the best. |
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The Porter Turret Telescope |
Ned gets Warm |
Robins Nest |
The Toad |
The McGregor Observatory |
Bad Hair Day? |
Domed Observatory 1 |
Domed Observatory 2 |
Domed Observatory 3 |
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