[ATM] RE: Primary Mirror Retainers

[mlbrown at everstrive.com (Matthew L. Brown)]

Right, and the tip pushes on the flexible part, moving it like the center 
of a drum.

At 09:57 PM 3/2/2004 -0700, Stuart Hutchins wrote:
>Thanks, Matt,
>
>So the body of  the micrometer is not mounted in the lower flex disk, but is
>mounted in the bottom end of the telescope tube?
>
>Stuart
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Matthew L. Brown" <mlbrown@everstrive.com>
>To: <atm@atmlist.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:13 PM
>Subject: Fwd: Re: [ATM] RE: Primary Mirror Retainers
>
>
> >
> > >  What am I missing?
> > >
> > >Stuart
> > He's got 2 diaphragms deflecting in parallel.  Radially, it's quite
> > stiff.  This will move like a 3D parallelogram, and keep the mirror moving
> > in parallel.  I've used this many times in other applications, and it
>works
> > quite well.  No bearings needed, so it gives very smooth motion.
> >
> > =Matt
> >
> >
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