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Re: [ATM] Mak-Cass OTA mechanical design

To: David Whysong <dwhysong@physics.ucsb.edu>, atm@atmlist.net
Subject: Re: [ATM] Mak-Cass OTA mechanical design
From: Michael Lindner <mikell@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 08:02:13 -0500
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On Monday 15 March 2004 06:03 am, David Whysong wrote:
> For now, my difficulty is in devising a primary mirror mount. ...
> Unfortunately, I don't see a good way to mount this mirror 
> without using the baffle tube as a support.

Fortunately, supporting a conical mirror by a central hole is perfectly 
allright, and is probably a better way to support it than a flotation cell.

See http://www.rfroyce.com/conical/ for instance...

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