Re: [ATM] Slumped, fused blank

[Ric Rokosz <radicell2@yahoo.com>]

--- "The Alarm Co." <tac@i1.net> wrote:

> Here's a perhaps hare-brained thought about mirror
> blanks brought on by
> pictures of a recent fused blank made of two thin
> plates with posts in
> between: How about making the posts shorter in the
> middle than at the edges?
> Make the height of the posts approximate the sagitta
> of the mirror.  Then,
> the fusing could be done on a flat surface; no need
> for a carefully shaped
> form.  The front plate would slump down to and fuse
> to the posts.  You'd
> have a slumped, lightweight mirror with a flat back.
>  Anyone tried it?
> Would it work?

Done all the time...just another variation if you wont
it.From one who has done it.

Ric

http://wwww.geocities.com/radicell2



		
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