
The Mirror Lab
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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The Gravatrom Furnace Is a Heavy Duty, Heavy Duty Job.
At its peak, the machine spins at five revolutions per minute. The molten glass has to cool down over a period of about three months before it can be polished again. This whole process happens for just one of these seven mirrors. So they're on mirror number six right now, and production on mirror number seven is expected to begin in 20 23.
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