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Re: [ATM] ATM:This one is about atm-ing, for you guys, all-

David,
   
  Before you resurect the Phoenix, you might consider asking the folks out there if there is a need or desire for a mounting such as you built. I do not think it was the task of travelling to Enid to make a copy of your template that caused the mounting to be neglected. I believe it was the sheer size and mass of the project that killed it. 
   
  As you will no doubt recall, I had to remove the seats of my full size (pre 90's) Suburban to get your mount inside and even then I had to leave some items behind when you graciously donated it to the CIATM group who, once seeing it assembled, decided to go another route. Sometimes you can't even get rid of FREE stuff if it has little or no value to the recipient. This is not to lower the quality or workmanship and the hundreds of hours spent by yourself in engineering and building the mounting, it's just that the mounting has been a victim of the times. 
   
  People want ease of breakdown into a small travelling package that they can put into their compact vehicle along with a lunch, the wife and a couple of kids. Look at the simple Dobsonian  mounting, the ability to break it down into a compact package and move it about is what made it so extremely popular even with it's problems.
   
  Ken Hunter

David Harbour <scarab2@cox.net> wrote:
  To all:

I have assembled all my ducks now, and I am ready to begin writing my magnus 
opum on how to build a plywood mounting for large optics that is built to 
nearly machinists' tolerances, even in it's "grosser" components (Howard 
Hughes did this, too, with the Hercules flying boat, imagined in Plywood). 
It will be offered free to all of you, or any of you, who would like to have 
it.
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