Oops, For the benefit of those new to SLAS I should have mentioned that the video is a joke and not to be taken seriously (among other things the "opticians" start with a bunch of sand and use a household oven to fuze it into a blank). On 06 Jan 2009, at 19:47, Jay Eads wrote:
How hard and how long would it take to make the mirror (yes, I'm attending the SLAS meeting this month) for someone who hasn't done it before?
I think there are a few people on the list that have made mirrors but, to be honest, if you value your time you might be better off buying a finished mirror. The exception to that would be if you want to do it so you can say "I made this" and not to save money. Brent Watson who occasionally monitors the list has run mirror making classes in his hanger at the Bountiful airport in the fairly recent past.
Is there anyone here or in SLAS who would be available for advice?
Steve Dodds of Nova Optical (http://www.nova-optical.com) in Herriman is a SLAS member and might be a good person to start with. Bruce Grim (he's the SPOC director) is another. And maybe Chuck Hards here on the list (Chuck have you made any mirrors recently?). patrick