So you're saying that, if I dedicate the next 6 years to experimenting with various combinations of these ingredients to get it to work right, I just might come up with a product to sell to the three people who post here per year asking what to glue a loose tube base back on with.
Speaking of old tech I just found out that our neighbor across the parking lot had a 5000 sq. ft. facility that ground and polished aspherical lenses for the likes of Edmund Scientific. The main machines are rather archaic analog control pantographs that used precision machined metal patterns. He's retiring and selling off the machinery if anyone is interested in gigantic pantograph mills. Probably a good thing I don't have the space as he has some pretty cool machinery. I saw a pretty big and beautiful 1880s vintage gear driven lathe that sold very quickly.
