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Watching a diamond point turning machine 'cut' a asymmetric lense or mirror is an interesting experience... the whole machine is shaking like crazy as the diamo
by cashsterling 3y ago
Watching a diamond point turning machine 'cut' a asymmetric lense or mirror is an interesting experience... the whole machine is shaking like crazy as the diamond point stage is oscillating back and forth in phase with the spinning chuck... and yet the relative position between the diamond point phase and the chuck is held to nanometers tolerance. Pretty damn amazing.
Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSafzXRfBM0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSafzXRfBM0
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoI love stuff like this. Mathematics was always a struggle for me (possible dyscalculia) but I kind of suddenly understood trigonometry more as I watched a CNC drilling machine moving on the X, Y, and Z axes to make various angles. It made me go from "when will I ever need to know advanced math" to "OK now I see why math is important (even if it's hard for me)". I just leave math to the people who are good at it and actually enjoy it :)