ATM:Project plans after unpacking

["Angel Caparros" <wylecoyote@terra.es>]

I unpacked  12" f5 plate glass mirror at last...
No visible surface or coating defects,not TDE (roughly inspected with 0.1 mm
slit and 100 lines per inch ronchi grating).
My dealer told me that it was 1/15 wave.I trust him because he is a reputed
mirror maker in Spain and I have another 10" f6 from him that performs
great.

I purchased the 10" two years ago,I made a 12,5" epoxi-fiberglass tube an
three point mirror cell support  made in epoxi too.At fist time  its was
mounted on crude Dobson from my old 10" f4 .  The scope is actualy on a  GEM
.

I bought the 12" mirror ,thinking about an ultraligth dob for observing from
remote dark sites, easy to carry on my Toyota 4runner ( My dream is to take
both ,car and scope, to Sahara Desert next autuum .Africa is only 170km from
home).Many people from North America think Spain is in México. Many people
from Europe think that Spain is in Africa...I think that Andalucía,my state,
is in Africa and I like to think that ;-)

Well ,My question of the day is ( I think i will make a lot of questions)
My mirror is 34 mm ~ 1.53" thick : 3,6,9 points support cell?
Three point works well for my 10" but they are 34 mm thick too.

Best Regards
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Ángel Caparrós
Málaga Spain
N  36º 43' 12"
W 4º 25'   12"