Re: 4.25" mirrors
Amanda Hirtle (bb406@scn.org)
Fri, 28 Apr 1995 17:04:22 -0700
>
>Thank goodness for 4.25" mirrors! Three of my four youngest children want to
>help me when I am pushing glass. The baby is too small still, but if she
>is like
>her sisters, she will soon also be interested. I have a hard time grinding when
>they "help". I got them started on two 4.25" mirrors. Now when they want to
>help, I set them up with their mirrors, which I can watch while I'm grinding,
>and I no longer have to worry about them getting trampled when I walk
>around the
>barrel.
>
>I have the added benefit of knowing that they will someday have a
>telescope that
>they can call their own!
>
>
>
My older son did a 4.25" mirror under the same circumstances when he was
5 years old. That effort got him a Stellafane award (years before I got
one!).
Peter
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