[ATM] Pictures of the Ultrathin 15.5

[vorblesnak <vorblesnak@peak.org>]

I finally got the camera out and took a shot of the project.  This is 
the mirror with the pieces I cut off in front of it and the cutter I 
cobbled together to do it.  In the middle of the mirror blank is an odd 
shaped white blob.  That is the masking tape on the back that provided a 
place to hold the point of the cutter.  On the lower left is a series of 
grind marks.  Those were caused by trying to grind the ripple and droop, 
off of the edge of the original blank, using a bottle bottom.  It didn't 
work.

If you look closely at the pieces I cut off you will see the ripple 
pattern that formed.  I had not fully understood the softness of the 
glass as it slumped and so did not dress the edge of the form well 
enough.  I have not made that mistake again.

David Davis
Toledo, Oregon

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