Re: ATM pitch lap woes--help appreciated

[hermit <hermit@outofoptions.com>]

Quoting Bob May <bobmay@nethere.com>:

>
> I've been holding the class in a garage lately and the last few weeks have
> been rather cool for the polishers.  I've been taking to doing a warm press
> on the mirrors before the polishing gets started and with good work, the
> laps do tend to stay warm enough to where they work fine.  The warm press is
> done with a pan of water near boiling and the tool suspended over the bottom
> of the pan in the water for about 30 seconds while the surface of the lap
> gets warmed.  The lap is then quickly pressed on the warm mirror and work is
> started.  It seems that the warm hands keep everything working well with no
> problems.

"Conventional wisdom" teaches us that those warm hands cause differential
heating and do nasty things to the figure.  Hmmm.....


Hermit
Holed up in Youngstown, Ohio