[ATM] First optical components coated in new 25" box coater :)

[rbturner at charter.net (Robert Turner)]

James,

I will send you my mirror for a 'demonstration' coating. Its ready to go.

Robert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atm-bounces@atmlist.net [mailto:atm-bounces@atmlist.net]On Behalf
> Of James Lerch
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 1:08 AM
> To: VacuumX@yahoogroups.com; atm_free@yahoogroups.com; ATM
> Cc: NastyDeadMen@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ATM] First optical components coated in new 25" box coater :)
>
>
> Greetings All,
>
> Well it took nearly 6 months to fabricate, nearly 160 hours of
> labor, and cost a
> little over $250 (not including pumping station) but the new
> vacuum chamber
> coated its first optics today :)))
>
> Here's a link to some images:
> http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm/Projects/Chamber/First_Coating/page_01.htm
>
> Ron Jones (in the green shirt) is the owner of the 22" optic
> being coated, and a
> major force in getting the chamber up and running.  (And yes,
> that is a 3/4"
> thick optic!)
>
> Everything worked pretty much as planned, however I do need to
> give some serious
> attention to fabricating proper optical mounting (The images show
> are ad-hock
> implementation).
>
> I also made an upgrade to the pumping station, adding a second
> rough pump in
> parallel to the first one.  The addition of the second rough pump
> cut the cycle
> time from 1 1/2 hours down to a little over 25 minutes!
>
> All in all, it was a GREAT DAY :)
>
> Take Care,
> James Lerch
> http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm (My telescope construction,testing,
> and coating site)
>
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>
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