2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class
Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13
by Jay Drew, Dave Tabor & Ken Slater 2007-Oct-17
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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.
Waiting for Class to Start |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Opening Remarks
How Long? Jay illustrates tube length based on focal ratio.
How Long? |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Opening Remarks
Jay reviews his notes... ... as students ask questions.
Jay reviews his notes... |
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
Louis grinds |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Bunkhouse Work
Jay Bevels as interested students look on
Jay Bevels |
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
Joanne readies a wet |
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
Dixie readies a wet |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Bunkhouse Work
Aggressive Grinding Dixie tries some high-energy bench grinding
Aggressive 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.
Rick applies 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.
Early Morning Meeting |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors
Instructor Tom
Instructor Tom |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors
Instructor Jay
Instructor Jay |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors
Instructor Dave Warming a lap
Instructor Dave |
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!
Instructor Ken |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 A few of our Instructors
Instructor Paul Preparing for video testing
Instructor Paul |
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
Fran Figures |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work
Randall Channeling his lap
Randall |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work
Rif & Dave Setting up for testing
Rif & Dave |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work
Jeremy Polishes
Jeremy Polishes |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work
Isaac Polishes
Isaac Polishes |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 McGregor Work
Samantha & Dave
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
Paul sets up |
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.
Daylight View |
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.
Parabolic? |
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.
A Pretty Fall Day |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Other Happenings
Grinding Machine Centering up the 16" blank on the turntable.
Grinding Machine |
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 :-)
Tom-Tom-Talk |
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
Hauling Dirt |
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.
Firewood Delivery |
2007-2008 Stellafane Mirror Class Session 1 held on 2007-Oct-13 Other Happenings
New Tables Tom built these nice new table for us.
New Tables |
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