[ATM] First time mirror makers confusion

["Russell Jocoy" <russjocoy@hotmail.com>]

    To All on the list,     Mike Lockwood hit the nail on the head... 
Newebies are in awe of a
                                   Ronchi test when they see the lines move 
to a frough... And if they
                                have ground and polished there glass with 
consistant rotation and
                                   strokes they will be happy to see 
"straight lines" of the sphere that
                                      they seek.   The next step is a 
primative foucault test, just to see
                                        what the close up surface of the 
mirror looks like.. (very tell tale
                                           even if you are a novice) But to 
go into more complex tests is
                                              asking a little too much for a 
guy or gal wanting to look at
                                               the stars through their own 
creation...  Russ Jocoy
                                        Ps..  Not to say that any of the 
other tests are not useful
                                               Just that it would tend to 
confuse a novice from the basic
                                                     tests......which are 
complicated to one's not familiar with
                                                           them....
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