Re: [ATM] Mirror cell for an 8" mirror

["Corona Australis" <corona_australis@westnet.com.au>]

Thank you everyone for your feed back. I really apreciate it. I
have heard of PLOP, but dont know alot about it. Will it run
on an IBM clone running Win XP? can I down load it from somewhere?
is it easy to use? sorry for all the questions

Ok, I'm building a kriege style open back tailgate to build the
mirror cell on. At around 40% out it looks to me there is alot of 
mirror hanging out there. I know this may sound overkill 8" how 
about a 6 or 9 point cell for a bit more stability. I was also 
thinking if I did a 9 point cell I could used the velcro idea 
Kevin suggested and not worry about how I was going to hold it 
there.

Can I ask a kind soul to run a nine point cell for the same mirror
through PLOP for me? pretty please  : )))

here's there measurements again, F/6, 204mm neat in diameter and 
is of a thickness of 23mm

A little more info...

The scope is for my young sons, one is nearly 7 and the other is a 
little over one years old, although I dont see him using it for a 
few years yet. I dont mind the extra metal in the cell. As there 
is a lot of weight in the secondary cage to counter at the bottom 
end, although I think I'm pretty much on top of that. I'm also 
building it this way for a little bit of insight into the truss 
design, and cant believe how much fun it has been to boot.

Thanks again

Regards,

Ozzy 

> I haven't run Plop for this mirror exactly, but many runs by myself and 
> others have shown the optimum for 3-point cells to be right around 40%, 
> so I agree with Olivier.
> 
> -- 
> Mark Holm
> mdholm@telerama.com
> 
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