2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class
Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13

Opening Remarks

Jay delivers the opening remarks to the new class, indoors and out.

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Opening Remarks Waiting for Class to Start Chatting in the bunkhouse before the opening remarks.

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Opening Remarks How Long? Jay illustrates tube length based on focal ratio.

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Opening Remarks Jay reviews his notes... ... as students ask questions.

Bunkhouse Work

Mostly grinding outside in the warm fall weather, although Rick works on a lap disk.

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Bunkhouse Work Louis grinds He is working on a 4" mirror	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Bunkhouse Work Jay Bevels as interested students look on	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Bunkhouse Work Joanne readies a wet She is spreading grit on the tool
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Bunkhouse Work Dixie readies a wet She is also spreading grit on her tool	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Bunkhouse Work Aggressive Grinding Dixie tries some high-energy bench grinding	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Bunkhouse Work Rick applies epoxy Rick is making a plaster disk for his lap, and he is waterproofing it with epoxy.

A few of our Instructors

A few candid shots of some of our Mirror Class Instructors

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors Early Morning Meeting Tom, Jay & Wayne have a meeting in the field.	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors Instructor Tom	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors Instructor Jay
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors Instructor Dave Warming a lap	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors Instructor Ken Doing something odd with a cookie!	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors Instructor Paul Preparing for video testing

McGregor Work

Plenty of polishing, figuring and testing here.

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work Fran Figures He is working on a 12" Cassegrain	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work Randall Channeling his lap	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work Rif & Dave Setting up for testing
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work Jeremy Polishes	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work Isaac Polishes	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work Samantha & Dave

Video Images of a Foucault Test

Paul uses a small camera and DVD player to display test results

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Video Images of a Foucault Test Paul sets up Adjusting a portable DVD player used as a display

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Video Images of a Foucault Test Daylight View Image before the camera was moved behind the knife edge you can see the ribbed flat on the left.

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Video Images of a Foucault Test Parabolic? The 'donut' pattern indicative of a parabolic figure Note defect near top center.

Other Happenings

A few random pictures of other things going on at Stellafane this day.

2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Other Happenings A Pretty Fall Day Taken from the second floor window of the bunkhouse.	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Other Happenings Grinding Machine Centering up the 16" blank on the turntable.	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Other Happenings Tom-Tom-Talk Our two Tom have a discussion. Unlike Tom-Tom-Go, they are directionless :-)
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Other Happenings Hauling Dirt With our current model (for the 1950's) dump truck	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Other Happenings Firewood Delivery The bucket is full of firewood, used for heat in the winter.	2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Other Happenings New Tables Tom built these nice new table for us.