THE FOURTH AND LAST PART: NOTE: Clicking on the images You gets his magnification, often useful to appreciate the details that are the object of this work. Is the 7 March 2009 EARLY amateur work I abandoned the POLISHING 4 February for "paid" business reasons . I take in hand then the mirror whose […]
NOTE for those who are going to read this article having already read earlier the two articles 1) “FOUCAULT TEST; What is and how does it work” and 2) “Foucault test setup”, it will be interesting to find an answer to question their own, that is: “But when you have to start test […]
CANDID tests need to run tests on optics in the works, typically with parabolic reflective surface for Newtonian telescopes, aims to be able to see them if there are any errors of shape of the surface of its mirror, and of these errors get the QUANTITY ', in order to study and apply […]
For those looking for ideas to gear up realizing what it takes to lead the Foucault test, present a gallery of my work. The environment should be a room with the temperature as constant as possible, at least one and a half metres long and more than double the focal length […]
The WHAT, Why, When and HOW: Let's start from what: The Couder mask is a technical tool of cardboard, or other stiff and Matt material, I prepended the parabolic mirror under construction to run on it the Foucault test, used to measure the radius of curvature of various circular crowns Rdc […]
A Foucault Tester , with flat light source to be carried out with devices that commonly have at home (webcams and a pen/flash drive ) screwdriver , hacksaw and simple components purchased from Brico with very little expense. You can find exploded view of components, Assembly instructions, the list of materials and some support attachments. […]
