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Re: [ATM] Moulded Mirror comment by ANY telescope maker

Right. 
  Guy

Bill Kelley <flex@commspeed.net> wrote:  Peter Chen's mirrors are made of carbon fiber composite and epoxy optical 
surface.
Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Brandenburg" 
To: "Jerry Dove" ; "Jean-Guy Moreau" 

Cc: ; "Russell Jocoy" 
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Moulded Mirror comment by ANY telescope maker


> Peter Chen's mirrors were not made of glass, but fiberglass and resin. 
> The mandrel (form) was glass, IIRC. It was all quite tricky; even  getting 
> the release agent right took months of experimentation, he told  me. But 
> the effort was more or less successful, I think...
>
>   I'm not quite sure where his efforts are going right now.
>  Guy
>


Guy  Brandenburg
Washington, DC
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