[ATM] The Challange and the limit

["Russell Jocoy" <russjocoy@hotmail.com>]

To all on the list,


    The making of a "thin" ,... "light"...Telescope mirror has been done... 
You know who you are...
  Rookies on this list want very much to achieve this pinacle..... But they 
do not want to pay the
"Dues" that come with getting to the end of the figureing road.. We must all 
remember whether
you are a novice or an experienced mirror maker .. the end result is an 
image that is satisfactory
to your eye.. If you have seen images through your friend's big scopes, and 
you feel that your
creation is as good or better.. good for you...   Newbies should create  
smaller diameters first
and move on to larger ones after. Hell, this has been echoed on this list 
again and again...But
that's why this list exsist's.... Anyone out there thinking that you are 
going full throttle, and
make a 3 meter relector on your first try...Call a few elders on this 
list... They will probably want
to know how in the hell you got a chunck of glass that big...

                Do not ever give up, get in contact with an experienced 
mirror maker and he will
be sure to head you in another direction... It may not be the right one 
but.. remember he has
been there before.. Take all information and apply, again, again, and 
again.. Most of the time
"You "are making the mistakes, not the glass, not the pitch lap, not the 
temperature... just some
of the little things that need to be adhered to in this primitive push and 
pull process..
      All of these explainations has been echoed on this list over and over, 
and they will be as long
as a rookie ATM'er has a Question or a dream, or a stupid statement... 
Experience loves to teach,
and guide.. if not you are a Politician, God help you..        Russ Jocoy
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