Re: [ATM] Ultra-Thin Edge Support Idea-RE:[atm_free]ULTRA-THIN30"mirror from Hong Kong

[Richard <cnc@cncservo.co.uk>]

Hi Cord,

Saturday, January 28, 2006, 5:02:13 PM, you wrote:

CS> I posted a link to a picture of such a cell but the link was truncated, so
CS> let's see if this works:  http://tinyurl.com/acww5
CS> Here is one for a 36": http://tinyurl.com/df6vq

CS> It's the most convincing lateral support scheme I have seen so far.

Thanks Cord. It would be good to see a diagram but I think I can
see the wood for the trees. 8 weighted levers, eaching asserting
force at the mirror edge toward the centre. From the top of my
head, it looks like each assembly would have to assert a force
of M/2, so when the OTA is horizontal with one assembly at the
lowest position, its mass M is balanced by three assemblies M/2
+ 2*M/4 = M, yes?

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Best regards,
  Richard in the UK

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