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[ATM] Care package to Mahmood (LONG)



The box is packed and ready to ship !!! I wish to apologize to one contributor that sent in 4 small first surface mirrors. I can not find the eMail exchange to enable me to give proper credit for the contribution. Please speak up and be recognized.
 
There is one large box which contains 4 smaller boxes, an AstroAtlas and lots of peanuts (the styrofoam kind).
 
The documentation for the shipment is repeated below for Mahmood and Saqib's benefit to be able to check the honesty of the customs folks at the various stops that the box might make enroute to it's final destination in Pakistan.
 
The box will be shipped tomorrow (Monday, 24 October)
 
Clear Skies, Happy Grinding!
 
Ken Hunter
 
 
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Greetings,

 

The contents of this box are a GIFT from the U.S. members of the ATM-LIST to Mahmood Hassan and Saqib Sajjad of Pakistan as an offering of friendship and with the understanding that these materials are not readily available at their location and will be used for educational purposes through the construction and use of small, homemade telescopes. 

 

The knowledge and skills developed are to be shared with all who desire to learn about ATM (Amateur Telescope Making) and Astronomy. 

 

It is our hope that upon successful completion of these instruments that Mahmood and Saqib will form a local Amateur Telescope Making or Astronomical Society in Pakistan to further advance the art.

 

The value of our GIFT is in the future… we are placing our trust that the future will be brighter for all because of this small act.

 

 

Contributors:

 
Ken Hunter                           Jarvis Krumbein                                               Pat Bunn
Joe O’Brien                           Mel Bartels                                    Robert Haler

Richard Schwartz                 Bill Marriott                                   Vladimir Galogaza 

Stan Truitt                             John Lynch                                   Anonymous donor 

 

 

 
Contents:  Outer Box 
 

   Box #1                                                                                 Inventoried separately
   Box #2                                                                                 Inventoried separately
   Box #3                                                                                 Inventoried separately
   Box #4                                                                                 Inventoried separately
   Herald-Bobroff AstroAtlas                                             Robert Haler
   MSDS Sheets for contents                                              Ken Hunter 
Contents:  Box #1
 

   20 ea small tubs of Silicon Carbide, Aluminum Oxide Grinding 

and Polishing powders in the following sizes.

 

4 tubs                 #80                          Silicon Carbide                  Bill Marriott

2 tubs                 #120                        Silicon Carbide                  Bill Marriott

2 tubs                 #180                        Silicon Carbide                  Bill Marriott

2 tubs                 #240                        Silicon Carbide                  Bill Marriott

2 tubs                 #320                        Silicon Carbide                  Bill Marriott

2 tubs                 40 micron               Aluminum Oxide                Bill Marriott

2 tubs                 20 micron               Aluminum Oxide                Bill Marriott

2 tubs                   9  micron              Aluminum Oxide                Bill Marriott

2 tubs                 Barnesite                Polishing Compound       Ken Hunter

 

   One 4oz. Bottle of 9 micron Aluminum Oxide                John Lynch
   One home-made 6 inch mirror cell                                   Pat Bunn
   Thompson’s “Making Your Own Telescope”              Ken Hunter
   One 1-1/4 inch metal refractor focuser                           Ken Hunter
Contents:  Box #2
 

   6 inch PYREX mirror blank                                            Pat Bunn
   Ceramic Tiles for 6 inch tool                                         Ken Hunter
   6-1/4 Celestron mirror blank                                         Ken Hunter
   Ronchi Tester                                                                 Ken Hunter
   10mm Eyepiece                                                               Stan Truitt
   50mm Finder Kit                                                             Jarvis Krumblein
   Small piece of Teflon                                                    Joe O’Brien
   4 small first surface mirrors                                         donor name misplaced
   Secondary Diagonal mirror                                         Mel Bartels 
Contents:  Box #3
 

   2 tubs Burgundy Pitch                                                    Joe O’Brien
   2 tubs Gugolz #73 Pitch                                                  Bill Marriott
   1 bag Burgundy Pitch                                                     John Lynch 
Contents:  Box #4
 

   9 inch slumped plate glass blank                                   Richard Schwartz
   1 tube RTV                                                                        Richard Schwartz
   Berry’s “Build Your Own Telescope”                          Richard Schwartz  *(1)
   Willman-Bell abrasive kit                                                Joe O’Brien
   Non-Slip pad                                                                     Ken Hunter
   Ceramic Tiles (2 sq ft)                                                      Joe O’Brien, Ken Hunter 

*(1) Purchased with money sent by Richard Schwartz 

		
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