FW: ATM 14inch BVC update

["Day, Jack" <jday@clinitech.net>]

> Congradulations John!!! 
> 
> And don't mention it! (Too much!)  Really it was fun, and getting to be
> there when you first ever got to look through it was cool.   I must say
> that that BVC glass is awfull pretty when polished out.  Too bad your
> gonna have to get it coated!  I have no reservations now about using BVC
> for a mirror.  When I do a 22 or 24 inch it will definitely be out of BVC.
> Oh well, got quite a "to do" list to get done before I can think about
> that...
> 
> 0. Do wifes "to do" list. 
> 1. Finish rebuild of 10 f/5.6. 
> 2. Get my 14" coated and build a mirror cell that will support properly. 
> 3. Rebuild my friends 17.5" Coulter 
> 4. Build a mount for my 14" mirror. 
> 5. Grind and polish my 18.5" mirror.  (I suppose I will want to build a
> scope for this too...) 
> 6. Grind a 12.5" for a friend and build him a scope. 
> 7. Grind and play with some .5" thich "flex" mirrors. 
> 
> 
> Yep, That ought to get through June at least.  8o) 
> 
> Jack 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From:   john [SMTP:jp@premier1.net] 
> Sent:   Sunday, April 22, 2001 5:20 AM 
> To:     atm@shore.net 
> Subject:        ATM 14inch BVC update 
> 
> 
> 14inch, BVC F5.1 
> finished, to one tenth of a wave, 
> first mirror, 
> special thanks to Jack Day for inviting me 
> over for friday and saterday,  and explaining the difference of what 
> a turned down edge and a turned up edge looks like, 
> for the instructions of what stroke, 
> and how many times around the barrel, 
> to get the mirror where it is, 
> without his good-humored ribbing id still be 
> making a ski-slope trying to get rid of what I thought was a 
> turned down edge. 
> , 
> experience can be a harsh teacher, 
> and sometimes it can be just a good friend 
> showing the way. 
> , 
> one bvc blank,-240.00 
> grit and polish,-30.00 
> two trips over the mountains,150.00 
> friendship------priceless. 
> , 
> thanks jack. 
> , 
> 
> , 
> , 
> jep. 
> marysville wa. 
> , 
>