From: "Russell Jocoy" 
To: richas{at}earthlink.net, atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: "Russell Jocoy" 






>From: "Richard Schwartz" 
>Reply-To: "Richard Schwartz" 
>To: 
>Subject: Re: ATM Progress on  9" and 10" x 5/8" mirrors
>Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 08:15:05 -0700
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Russell Jocoy" 
>To: 
>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:07 PM
>Subject: ATM Progress on 9" and 10" x 5/8" mirrors
>
>
> >
> > ("atm{at}shore.net")
> >
> >
> >          Just a little note on my progress after being idle for a few
> > months.  After polishing thru 5 micron
> > and pleased with the surface, I decided to experiment with something I
>read
> > on this website.....
>
>I never heard of polishing with 5 micron.   Normally you grind with that
>stuff.
>
> > Uh Oh, you in trouble now...  I bought some felt 8x10 sheets at the
> > wal-store and washed and dried
> > them .  I then sprayed 3m contact cement on the surface of my existing
>tool
> > and felt sheet.
>
>Just before you bought that felt, a store clerk dropped it on the floor
>where a kid had tracked in mud from the local #60 silicon carbide mine.
>
>If you think felt polishes good, you should try pitch.   I am in the middle
>of two 9 inchers, and I consider the 4 hours I did on felt to be a waste of
>time.  The best thing you can do to speed up polishing is an extra hour of
>GRINDING with 5 micron grit.
>
>. . . Richard
>
>
>
("atm{at}shore.net")


  Richard, I did not say that this was the answer to a pitch lap. This is my
own experiment, and I washed
and cleaned the felt before I even attempted to place it on the surface of
my mirror. There were no
footprints on the face and from what I could tell , no small children were
in the area when I purchased
these grit filled sand sheets......Come on Richard I didn't buy sandpaper
for God's sake..!!
         PS     I really did clean the stuff good..

                   RUSS JOCOY
("atm{at}shore.net")

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