ATM Tool Ideas? Almost ready to go.

[Adam Rosenberg <adamr@synopsys.com>]

Hello all,

I'm about ready to start on my first mirror.  I have a 10" blank, opted for
the Willman-Bell 10" abrasive/pitch kit, Texereau and ATM Volume 1 to guide
me.  What I've noticed is that both texts have quite different ways of
approaching the mirror.  One thing they both talk about is a glass tool.  I
have had suggestions of glass, plywood and tile, dental plaster and tile,
cement and W-B hexatile, and even weights to hog this thing out.  I'm
probably opening up a can of worms by asking here but I'm tending toward a
plaster/cement and tile tool.  My concern is about the tiles themselves.  A
friend suggested that standard (non-optical grade tile unlike in the
Willman-Bell hexatool) can have hard particles (possibly quartz) that could
cause a major headache if they are worn to the surface in fine grinding.  

I'd like to start hogging out this weekend and I need some suggestions.

Thanks,

Adam R.