[ATM] String Telexcope

["Richard Schwartz" <richas@earthlink.net>]

See NASA Tech Briefs, August 2004, p. 46, "Lightweight Deployable Mirrors
with Tensegrity Supports".

Also, see the following links:

http://www.kennethsnelson.net/icons/pat.htm
http://www.kennethsnelson.net/icons/struc.htm
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag99/oct99/snelson/snelson.htm
http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf/fuller-faq-5.html

There is plenty more if you just google "tensegrity".

Of course none of this is in Texereau or any of the other ATM books....

. . . Richard


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Moulton" <tom@moulton.us>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] glass or ceramic blank?


> > Oh great, after lurking around and reading all your posts for the last
> > year or so, you all and your talk of mirror making finally driven me
> > crazy. Yes, I've started building a mirror test stand and Foucault
> > tester and am going to finally finish my 6" starter mirror, so I can
> > get on with the mirror I really want, a 10" f8 planetary.  And while
> > that is still no doubt way far away, as I start laying in supplies for
> > what looks like a long winter brewing up, already I have questions,
> > including: Which would be  better for the 10"? - using an expensive
> > glass tool or using not-expensive Will-Bell ceramics. And I just don't
> > see epoxying the ceramics to a wooden substrate that would get wet,
> > warp, soften, etc. If using ceramics, what would be the best backing
> > material?
> > Jay (What am I thinking???)
>
> Using ceramic tiles for a tool is a great way to go.
>
> You do not need to epoxy them down...
>
> see http://www.gotgrit.com/make_tool1.php
>
> Look in Home Depot or a local tile store for the tile mats
>
> I carry Hex Tile mats too
>
> tom
>
>
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