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[ATM] Re: Plop Flop

To: jaykirk2@compusmart.ab.ca, atm@atmlist.net
Subject: [ATM] Re: Plop Flop
From: mdholm@telerama.com
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 18:41:51 -0400 (EDT)
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Jay Kirkland wrote:

>In any event, the real suprise from all this: I just
>measured my mirror and it's only 1 5/8" thick!! 

OK,  I'll do it over, using Pyrex and the new thickness.  I suspect 18 points
will still be good.  Thinner glass tends to make the advantage of optimizing the
layout higher, so the K & B design may suffer more relative to the Plop
optimized one.  We'll have to see about 12.

Mark Holm
mdholm@telerama.com
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