Thread: making a spherical mirror
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Re: making a spherical mirror
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Originally Posted by sciguy125 View Post
Does anyone have a technique to make a large spherical mirror? The focal point needs to be in the neighborhood of a foot. If my experiments are successfull, I'll make it bigger (both longer focal length and larger mirror).

All I really need to figure out is a method of making a section of a sphere. The materials don't really matter so long as I can coat it with something reflective.