Re: ATM Best lap-making methods

[Stephen Tonkin <astro@aegis1.demon.co.uk>]

Mel Bartels <mbartels@efn.org> wrote:
>>>> religion and pitch laps

> I pour the pitch, channel with a wood stick, press the
>mirror, and am ready to go in short order with no fuss or mess.  I would
>venture to guess that many of the experienced amateurs also do this, as
>opposed to the more elaborate and painstaking gluing on of pitch
>squares, or???  Am I right, or wrong?

I tried the "wet wooden dowel" method after seeing you recommend it here
-- it works, and works well.  I don't do it any other way any more.
Thank you! 

I used to cut facets in with a saw or a Stanley knife -- it's nice not
to have little chips of pitch all over the place (including stuck to the
hair on my arms and my beard --- don't ask!) any more.  

-- 
Stephen Tonkin            :    UK Amateur Telescope Making Pages
<sft@aegis1.demon.co.uk>  : <http://www.aegis1.demon.co.uk/atm.htm>