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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: ATM Materials
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.213419.11225@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1gl4h0INN2p4@mirror.digex.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:34:19 GMT
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- rbunge@access.digex.com (Robert Bunge) writes:
- : >
- : >Glass is a lot cheaper than pyrex - but you want to use plate glass. It is
- : >not better, except in regards to cost. Pyrex is better as far as expansion
- : >characteristics go. However, by the time it would matter much, you are to
- : >the stage where the tool is covered with a pitch lap.
- : >
- : I've noticed also that the mirror "hoggs" out faster if the tool is a
- : different material than the mirror. "hoggs" out means that the rough
- : grinding goes faster and the mirror reaches the desired curve faster.
- : I remember some machinist telling me years ago that you always want
- : to grind hard against soft, never hard against hard, soft on soft
- : (call Pyrex hard, glass soft). Nonetheless, I've used the W-B kits
- : a good bit and the pyrex on pryex works fine.
-
- I have used Pyrex on Pyrex - and Pyrex on glass. Except in the early
- stage of grinding, where the curve is first starting to be developed,
- I did not notice any real difference.
-
- If the tool is too soft, then you get much more wear on it, so need
- a thicker blank to start.
-
- Bill
-