RE: [ATM] 4.5" mirror

["Jerry Reddell" <jerry.p.reddell63@sbcglobal.net>]

Have you removed the mirror and inspected it?

I purchased a Meade 5" scope (2nd hand) a few years ago. I purchased it
thinking the worse thing would be I would have a mirror to resurface or
possibly regrind or polish. The view was crap (nothing recognizeable). When
I removed the apparent 3/4" thickness mirror it turned out to be two  1/16 "
thick pieces of window pane glued together with  unevenly placed and spaced
thick globs of what appeared to be wall panel adhesive, somewhat flexible..
That mirror had never done anything decent even for the first owner and was
not worth to time it took me to dump it in the trash. And it cost someone
several hundreds of dollars...Everything in the optics train was horrid, but
it was impressive to look at just not to look through...

The point is, at a minimum,  you will likely end up replaceing the mirror,
cell,  and the secondary.

University Optic sells completed mirrors, etc. .

 Jerry Reddell


-----Original Message-----

Tax Payer wrote:
> I want to either resilver or replace the 4.5" mirror that I have in a
> meade 4500 that I bought at a garage sale.  Can anyone recommend where a
> good place is to buy such a mirror and/or where to get it resurfaced?
> Thanks in advance.
>


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