Re: ATM 11.2" F/2 Primary testing questions :)

["AstroIdiot" <tgooch@arkwest.com>]

Talk about fast mirrors I'm excited. An old friend of Rick and Richard
moved his operation up the road from me. You may remember 
Ray Demaris of Stabilite. I watched part of the construction of a 65"
F2 in front of his shop and he is also working on a 72" for a major
university. 72" (6 foot) glass disk is beautiful to behold. He is very
friendly and I'm going to try to pick up some tips and help on mirror
making. He slumps his faceplates and fuses the ribs in his oven (big
enough for even larger blanks) and has an interferometer setup large
enough to test these monsters. 

Tommy
P.S. The 65" is for personal use and is a sperical mirror that is flexed
into shape at the eyepiece. (I've hit the ATM motherload)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Rokosz" <radicell2@yahoo.com>
To: "James Lerch" <jlerch1@tampabay.rr.com>; <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: ATM 11.2" F/2 Primary testing questions :)


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