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Posted by Dave Wilson on November 23, 2001 22:45:08 UTC

Went looking around and found where some of the stuff I had seen before was. Mel Bartels writes about it and has a good picture at:

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~mbartels/largthin/largthin.html

You probably need about 1-1/2" of plywood for a 10" mirror.

Dave

P.S. Check out Mel's article on polishing theory.

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