Re: [ATM] RE: Stabilizing plate glass

[Ken Lowther <hermit@outofoptions.org>]

Quoting Julio Sanchez <jsanchez@skipanon.com>:

> Hi all, happy new year.
> I have a few plate glass blanks laying around and was thinking of making a
> set of optical flats out of them. In the past I have noticed that it takes
> up to 24 hours for the plate glass to stabilize after polishing or figuring.
> In other words, you polish for 10 minutes and then wait 24 hours to see what
> you have. Recently I read on this board that placing the plate glass blank
> in water makes it stabilize in about 30 minutes. Has anyone had experience
> with this or any other way of stabilizing plate glass blanks?
> Regards,
>

Water baths are great heat transfer mechanisms. Great for aching old bones
too.....


Hermit, holed up in Youngstown, Ohio
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