Thread: Polishing Pads?
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Old 06-07-2008, 12:01 PM
Rod
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Originally Posted by Orion View Post
It seems to be the way to go.

How is your 14 inch nasmyth cassegrain coming along Rod?
Hi Ed,

I haven't done much on it directly. I have been building a bartels stepper drive for my 12 inch newt. When it is finished I plan to use it also as the platform for the cassegrain. The main mirror for the cassegrain is polished out (with pads!). I used black vitrious ceramic (BVC) for the blank. It polishes (and grinds) very fast. I still need to figure it. The secondary is polished but the figure is not quite right.

How are you finding yours?

Rod.
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