Re: [ATM] Wedge: How much is too much?

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Sherman" <atmer@johnspics.com>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Wedge: How much is too much?


>
> Hi Douglas,
>
>
>>  My question is about wedge--specifically,
>> how much wedge is acceptable in a blank of this size?
>
> I'm pretty sure you don't have to worry about the wedge, as it will be
> compensated when you turn the collimation screws on the scope. Unless you
> plan to flex the mirror, in which case, BVC is most probably the wrong
> material to be using.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> John

BVC should work nicely in a flexed mirror, and of course, wedge should be 
minimized
Any homogeneous material that will support an optical surface should be 
suitable for a flexed mirror.
Bill Kelley 

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