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Where the 19th Century Art of Mirror Making Meets the 21st Century
The Saint Petersburg Mirror Lab is a small band of dedicated mirror grinders and telescope makers living in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. We offer a mirror making class for interested
persons. We strive to create the best mirrors our home brew technology can muster. This includes robotic foucault testing and laser interferometry.
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Mike Davis figuring his light weight 12.5
2012-12-02
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Mike Davis figuring his light weight 12.5 inch mirror that he made in his home kiln. |
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Lenny and his mirror have returned!
2012-11-18
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Lenny Remetta polishing his 14.5 inch mirror with a subdiameter tool. |
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Nicholas and Donna with their finished mirror
2012-11-11
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Nicholas and Donna with their finished 8 inch better than 1/4 wave mirror. This mirror has a beautiful polish and edge. Thanks for the Mirror Lab buttons Nicholas! |
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Steve Fredlunds wood strip tube
2012-11-03
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Left: Steve, Irv and Ralph check out the 10 inch mirror cell for Steves wood strip tube. Right: Paul cuts the focuser hole on the tube. |
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Paul's 16 inch mirror being polished
2012-08-13
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Paul's 16 inch mirror during the Huckleberry Finn polishing phase. |
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Donna and Nicholas start polishing their 8 inch mirror
2012-07-29
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Donna and Nicholas prepare to pour their pitch lap (left) and begin polishing their 8 inch mirror (right) |
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Pedro and Giovanni finish their 10" mirror
2012-07-15
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Pedro and Giovanni with their finished f4.5 1/5th wave 10" mirror. |
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Carlos Paris visitor from Ft. Myers
2012-06-10
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Carlos Paris was a visitor from the Ft. Myers area and needed help with
his 6" mirror. He has been working alone on it using an impessive
home-made Foucault tester and a couple of good books. Now he was ready
to start figuring it. He finished it at the lab better than 1/9th wave
during his first visit (also 6/2). |
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Steve Fredlund
2012-06-10
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Steve Fredlund started his mirror at the lab and finished it better than
1/7th wave last Saturday (6/2). |
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Pedro and Giovanni
2012-06-10
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Pedro and his son, Giovanni are now on the final figuring of their 10" mirror. |
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