[ATM] Specs on Orion mirrors

[arf at mc.net (Jack Schmidling)]

From: "Anthony Stillman" <atmer@flash.net>

> I would suggest you ask what their critera is for considering a mirror
> "done."  And in turn where the mirror they would have you buy, fits on
this
> scale.  I would suggest that, but I'm not. Instead I suggest you make your
> own mirror.....

If for no other reason than that they will lie to him.

Before sending back the 16" that they had for 2 months to fix, they told me
that two of the best opticians in California checked it out and declared
that it was the most perfect mirror they had ever seen.

These "opticians" must have been eye glass makers because what I got was a
gross mess.

Under Focault, it looked like a round swimming pool with a nice deck around
it.

They obviously took it to a sphere and then put a small polisher in the
middle for ten minutes and called it done.  It was an absolute outrage.

I then decided to give up and spent the next 3 months refiguring it myself
and found it a wonderfully rewarding experience.  The 16" is now MY scope
like all the rest of my scopes.

js

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