Fwd: [ATM] GEM 8" mirror Mount

["Matthew L. Brown" <mlbrown@everstrive.com>]

1. Make sure everything is clean, clean, clean
2. Set up spacers of 3 nails or 3 stacks of 2 pennies each.  The nails are 
easier to pull out.
3. Buy a new tube of silicone -- don't chance it to something that's been 
sitting around.
4. Squeeze out 3 US quarter sized (20mm dia) blobs and plop the mirror on 
top of it.  I think the proper radius is about 40% of the way out from the 
center.
5. Don't touch it for 24 hours.
6. If you are really worried about the mirror falling out, you can make 
safety clips that don't touch the mirror.

There are many people who have successfully glued much larger, heavier 
mirrors, so you can rest assured.

Matt

>I have built a simple mirror mount for an 8" mirror very similar to the
>mount described on Jack Schmidling website with an 3/4" thick x 8" round
>cutout that the mirror is "glued" to with silicone.
>
>I am using an 8" F6 Royce mirror and I am concerned about the mirror coming
>loose. I am using a  GEM mount.
>
>How safe is the mirror with three blobs of silicone? Any suggestions on how
>much silicone and how to do it securely?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Pat Bunn
>
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