From: "pbunn" 
To: "atmlist" 
Reply-To: "pbunn" 


Thanks everyone for the help. It is exactly what I was looking for. I plan
to do several wets with 5 micron and closely inspect the mirror at 10X. If
all is well I will begin polishing and surely will be back with more
questions.

Pat Bunn



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob May" 
To: "atmlist" 
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:47 PM Subject: Re: ATM 6", F10


>
> When you get to the point where you don't have any deep pits in the glass
> and you are at the finest grit that you have (usually something in the
12-5
> micron range) you can start the polishing.  When the pits are polished out
> of the glass, you can then start inspecting the mirror for surface shape
as
> well as other things.
> The whole process isn't hard to do which is why so many people have so
much
> trouble with it - it just can't be that simple!
> Bob May
> http://nav.to/bobmay
> bobmay{at}nethere.com
> NEW! http://bobmay.astronomy.net
>
>
>
>

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