Re: ATM flex mirror

["Bill Kelley" <flex@commspeed.net>]

Note- I sent this off-list to Paul Lane; then decided to put it on the list.
Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kelley" <flex@commspeed.net>
To: "Paul Lane" <strgzrastrom@netzero.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: ATM flex mirror


 Hey Paul,
 Flex mirrors require a flexible spongy material to decouple the mirror from
it's puller and pusher ring.
 Can't think of one at the temperature of glass softened enough  to take a
set. I stored one for about 8 months in a shed that reached temps of 130. No
figure change. Rubber was squashed and hard. Figure had become elliptical
when tested- spherical when tension release.

 Keep thinking- flex will evolve- with other solutions.
 Such as  " new method flex". ( see archives )
 Bill Kelley