Re: ATM Seeking the secrets of life or at least mirror polishing

[Bradley Davy <bdavy@fred.net>]

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Jim Warner wrote:

> 
> Way does the center of mirrors always polish out first??
> What great galactic true has escaped me.
> 
A couple months ago while I was figuring my first mirror, I asked a
similar question, and was attempting to develop a mathematical model
describing figuring (and also polishing) action.  I believe I made a good
start at describing a contact model for COC strokes that clearly shows the
central part of the mirror is always in contact, while the outside zones
are only intermittently in contact.  You can see a description of this
model by looking at :
http://www.fred.net/bdavy/StrokeModeling.html

Note that further advancements on this model are pending approval from my
business and social manager (wife) on my next mirror project.


Brad
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