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Old 17-01-2012, 11:19 AM
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A lateral thinker - i love it when people come up with ideas like this, even when they dont work. It forces us all to explore new paths.

First thought is the final shape would not necessaraly be parabolic, at the level of curvature required all sorts of tiny imperfections and the action of the bolt itself would be a problem. It may be of course the first mirror with a turned down centre
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