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Re: [ATM] ATM: "Fortune favors the bold"
Yes, Francis,
I will never forget how kind and giving Bob was. I think he was some kind
of born talent with glass; like I was with old "conventional landing gear"
airplanes ("taildraggers", in the old vernacular). I literally taught myself
how to fly that Fairchild; it cost me only pocket change in 1969; $2,500;
now, IF AND WHEN YOU CAN FIND ONE, you better have 75 grand. My grass
clipping days (and glass pushing days) are over. But I do like the sway and
fro on this list; I love it. Be well, everyone-
R-101
----- Original Message -----
From: "Francis J. O'Reilly" <foreilly@verizon.net>
To: "David Harbour" <stainless_steel@suddenlink.net>; "Mitchell R"
<funnybone101@embarqmail.com>; <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [ATM] ATM: "Fortune favors the bold"
> David and all.
>
> Bob Goff was my mentor as well. We met at RTMC in 1995. The man was a
> genius and very kind. He always was willing to pick up the phone from his
> home in Tucson and call me with advice when I needed a helping hand.
>
> I grind using many steps, 60 or 80 SiO then 120, 220, 320, 500 22.5 micron
> AlO, 15 micron, 9 micron, 5 micron and then 3 micron. When I get to three
> micron I double the time. I am considering going down to 1 micron as it is
> available very reasonably from Universal Photonics.
>
> I have been using 2.8 micron CeO to polish, but I just picked up a 5Kg
> slurry ofg Universal Photonics proprietary rare earth compound known as
> No. 85. The salesman, Jan, recommended it over CeO for amateur hand
> applications.
>
> FYI, Universaal Photonics took my order around 11:00 on a Monday morning,
> 2 Kg Gugolz 55, 2Kg Gugolz 64 and 5 Kg of Number 85 polishing slurry (The
> smallest quantity they sell of this product as a slurry, which was what I
> wanted). I had it the next day by 1:00 p.m. UPS from Long Island to
> Brewster, NY. Total cost was 218.00.
>
> Francis J. O'Reilly
> Dave, Nice Warrior! Not a bad Fairchild either.
>
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