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Indeed John and you can put it in a line with midday of our even smaller scopes

I could always set you up a time lapse Damian...

Excellent description Damian. Couldn't have said it better myself

I think the polishing is only removing tiny amounts of glass at a time John... And it is on the scale of a few atoms I believe, so it can be polished quite a bit before the glass will get noticeably thinner, or unusable. Once Damian has it all to the right spheroidial shape he will then figure it to a parabolic shape. I think I am right

Can't believe you are going backwards Damian... Did I get the post right?

Eh up Rich... Hope all is well

Just had a thought, you could ask him if he fancied joining us up at Kielder in 2 weeks

Good luck with it Damian and pass my regards onto Rich, haven't seen him in ages!

Damian you shouldn't have time to cut any grass!

Haha... I'm just amazed I spotted them

Lovely work Damian... Are those finger prints I see at the edges?

Nice work Damian... Progress indeed and the Middle can wait. Well done buddy

Looks like some more progress has been made Damian.

Nicely put Ron... And you are very right Damian has an invaluable mentor in John Nichol and we all watch and wait with baited breath for this monster mirror to come to fruition.

Everything sounds promising now Damian, keep going mate we are all sure it will fall into place for you!

Good luck with the new set up Damian... Let's hope you can now kick that TDE into touch

Sorry Stu...

Just make sure you keep the gimp mask hidden when you take any more pics Damian!

Looks great buddy! You can now use it as a coffee table when you're finished as well

Let's now hope the new more solid table top helps to get rid of that stubborn TDE Damian!

Man you seem to have scraps of everything just lying about!!

John

What about using damp proof membrane for covering the flag Damian, you can get heavy duty stuff pretty cheap

New table top is looking great Damian, and I am sure Texereau would approve

Look forward to seeing the progress Damian.

Wondered what all those beers and clouds we've shared were all about 

We've been sharing beers and clouds since well before the monster mirror... I might be shallow but not that shallow

Ron and John thanks for trying to help us non-glasspushers to understand a very intricate process but I think I'll leave the mirror grinding and figuring details to experts such as yourselves, Damian, and the other very knowledgeable glasspushers on here I'll just enjoy the thread all your posts and the progress it shows Damian is making, and I am sure when Damian finishes the mirror I'll get to have a look through it (him being one of my best mates an all that)