[ATM] Re: Second Thoughts on Mirror Support

[hermit at outofoptions.org (Ken Lowther)]

Ken Hunter's point is that we have made scopes for decades before computers gave
us the ability to nit pic.  This kind of thing scares off would be first
timers.  Do we sometimes push envelopes that don't need to be pushed?

For the standard mirrors, most of us will continue to build 'overkill'
floatation because it isn't that hard to do!  For my 12 inch, I put down 'lots'
of RTV pads and didn't think twice about it.  I KNEW it would work and didn't
take much effort.  No analysis.  Just did it.  How did I know it would work? 
Lots of other folks had done it before me..... ;-)

Ken, not Hunter.

Quoting Steve Houlihan <sho@surfnetUSA.com>:

>
> > What do you want to do, build a scope or worry about tiny nonsensical
> numbers?
> >
> > Ken Hunter
>
>
> I think the point is first to determine what kinds of deformation are
> produced by different mounting schemes and then to determine what is
> significant.  Just dismissing them out of hand because they are just so many
> numbers does not help us progress.
>
> If you could tell me exactly when a bending in the mirror becomes
> insignificant then we can get on with a boring hobby.
>
> Have fun
>
> Steve Houlihan
> Santa Cruz, California
>
> sho@SurfnetUSA.com
> http://sho.mystarband.net/
> http://www.surfnetusa.com/sho
>
>
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