Re: [ATM] Status

["Francis J. O'Reilly" <foreilly@bestweb.net>]

Roger that, I'll let Jimmy know by copy of this correspondence.

Thank you for your kind words.

Francis J. O'Reilly

>Tell your son I thank him and say to him for me "Welcome home." I'm very
>serious about that. 39 years ago I was in "Tiger Country" at Fort Polk,
>La. 
>
>Following that, I enjoy reading of your atm adventure.
>
>Jerry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: atm-bounces@atmlist.net [mailto:atm-bounces@atmlist.net] On Behalf
>Of
>Francis J. O'Reilly
>Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 7:37 PM
>To: atm@atmlist.net
>Cc: mirrorworkshop@mtbparker.com
>Subject: [ATM] Status
>
>
>There she was, Ellen DeGeneris, in a business suit staring up at me with
>a
>smile on her face. I must be making progress, I'm already using the
>entertainment section to cover my workstation. Pretty soon I'll be
>through
>the sports section and ready to make a pitch lap.
>
>Yesterday was a great day for me. Jimmy, my son returned to Fort Polk, >LA
>from Afghanistan, without any physical harm, (He didn't even hear the
>suicide bomber who ignited in an attempt to off VP Cheney at the gate to
>Bagram Airbase, where Jimmy was stationed) my parents renewed their
>wedding
>vows on their fiftieth anniversary of their wedding,(With a great party
>afterwards at Sam's in Dobbs Ferry, NY) Seamus, my youngest turned ten
>years old, and I have completely polished out my 8" f/6 mirror at Dick
>Parker's mirror workshop, what could be better?
>
>I actually tried to parabolize the mirror from a dead on nuts perfect
>sphere(no turned down edge either!), but I went for 20 minutes of long W
>storkes and overshot by alot. I'll fix it next week, the last week of >the
>workshop, and be done with it.
>
>Today, I resolved the abrasives issue by grinding for an hour with SiO
>500
>grit. Thanks to all who gave their input. Tom Moulton, the mirror is a
>12.5
>f/5 or 6, I don't remember. By the way, an hour of grinding, actual >glass
>over glass time, takes me about 75 minutes with adding abrasives,
>cleaning
>off the swarf a couple of times, and a complete washing of the mirror >and
>tool after three ten minute wets when I go from mirror on top to tool on
>top. My next step is to go to 15 micron AlO then to 9, 5 and 3, prior to
>making the pitch lap and waiting for the basement to warm up sometime in
>May.
>
>I hope that everyone had a nice weekend as well.
>
>Regards,
>
>Francis J. O'Reilly
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