
October 11th 07, 12:31 AM
posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Aluminum composite reportedly stronger, lighter than carbon
"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message
oups.com...
While it is not a technologically daunting task, it is not cheap for
larger mirrors especially when you consider shipping. I have a 17.5"
mirror that will need realuminizing when I finally get around to
putting
it into a scope. It has been cleaned exactly once, but the coating
is nearly gone entirely after 30 years in storage.
Offhand, do you know anyone who recoats mirrors that size?
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FF
Maybe these guys: http://www.newportglass.com/nigcap.htm
http://www.johndobson.org/links.html
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