I know of the exact item you are referring to. I actually thought of doing this as well. I tried it and the large magnifier leaves plastic lines across the image and the picture isn't very clear at all. unfortuantly it seems that they are typically built for text. even regular magnifying glasses...
well the system uses a series of mirrors to bend the image 90 degrees as well as magnify it. i have already built a small version of what I am looking for using the amazon mirror, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KYSARA/?tag=pfamazon01-20. the other mirror in the system is flat with regular...
ok thanks! I am still a little worried that the mylar won't be enough of a mirror for my purposes though. essentially what I am looking for is a larger, more powerful version of this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KYSARA/?tag=pfamazon01-20
except maybe plastic or acrylic mirror instead...
Thanks pallidin!
i am also looking into using acrylic mirrors instead. supposedly the image will be clearer than using mylar but it won't be as flexible thus being harder to shape into the correct parabola to magnify the image. any advice?
Hi, I am trying to buy a magnifying rectangular mirror for a science project. While simply buying a glass mirror with magnification is available, I have yet to been able to find a mirror large enough for my purposes. It would need to be rectangular 12"X7.5" mirror with at least a 10X...