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Old 08-18-2011, 11:36 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by graydonengineering View Post
. A little nuts I know but just thinking outside the box here.
Not nuts at all, this is how idea are born.

Yesterday I sketched up a mirror which is perforated, allowing built up front face pressure to flow though. Might work, but somehow just not very sexy, and deterioration of the mirror surface would always be an issue.

I can just imagine droplets of water resting in the tiny holes, waiting for night fall when they can freeze, expand and do destruction.
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