Re: [ATM] Thermal Mass - WAS Tees instead of triangles

["David Harbour" <scarab2@cox.net>]

My apoligies, Ken.

You did make a generous contribution. There is no rancour here. God bless
you, and wellness, peace and prosperity to you. FOR ME TO FULFILL THIS BIG
OF A DREAM WAS NOT TO BE. You are still as much a friend as before, I
promise you. Do not trouble yourself about IT AT ALL. I'M NOT; IT WASN'T
"MEANT TO BE".

WELLNESS TO YOU AND YOURS-

P. S. Theresa is wowrse and worse; she thinks she will die before fall, has
extracted a promise, which I will keep, to be holding her while she passes
right here in her home.

Thanks for your friendship- forget about that pile of lumber and steel- I
WILL NOT MENTION IT AGAIN, I PROMISE.

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Hunter" <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com>
To: "David Harbour" <scarab2@cox.net>; "ATM LIST" <atm@atmlist.net>; "Ric
Rokosz" <radicell2@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Thermal Mass - WAS Tees instead of triangles


>
> --- David Harbour <scarab2@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > I gave my big mounting for them to Ken Hunter, and
> > gave that mirror set to
> > my friend Frank Ward. Yes, both you guys are my
> > friends. No apologies
> > needed, Ken, about the big mount coming to a sad
> > end;
>
> It should be said that David did give me the mount for
> the optics set he is talking about. I was to transport
> and donate the mount to the Central Illinois Amateur
> Telescope Makers but it turns out that they declined
> to take it. The mount was too big to be practical for
> a 16 inch or larger telescope. I had to take the seats
> out of my (older and larger) Suburban just to
> transport the mount. They figured that if they had a
> "non-transportable" mount they would be better off
> with a pier.
>
> Not wanting to scrap the mount that David put so much
> work and love into, I paid for it to be shipped and
> stored (along with many other things I should have
> trashed) when I was transferred to Texas. The moving
> company managed to physically damage the base unit and
> the whole assembly was exposed to water sometime in
> the 5-1/2 months it was in their care. The wood
> warped, swelled and delaminated and the bearings and
> polar shaft were rusted solid when I received it.
>
> Since it was not a commercially manufactured unit that
> they could replace, they offered me a settlement for
> the price of replacement materials only. I declined
> and objected but did not have the resources to fight a
> legal battle with a Nationwide company. I still have
> the Fork Assembly in it's damaged state. The base was
> ruined enough that I could not salvage anything from
> it.
>
> I am truely sorry that I ever accepted the mount from
> David and wish that he would stop bringing it up in
> conversation. (What he doesn't mention is that I did
> make a monitary contribution towards his wife's
> medical treatment at the time he gave me the mount and
> at other times for keeping him on-line). I won't
> mention those either. It's been one of those mistakes
> I've made and regret immensly.
>
> Ken Hunter
>
>
>
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