RE: ATM Any thoughts on our Telescope Prototype?

["Ken Hunter"<kb7h@onemain.com>]

Springs can HELP but should not be relied on for all the balancing... You'll
end up with a "springy" operating mounting.

Better to get the balance as perfect as possible, that's what makes for smooth
operation.

Ken Hunter


On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:08:37 -0700 Benjamin Robbins <benjaminr@highwire.com>
wrote:

We were thinking of using springs as a virtual counter weight to aid in that
department. Do you think that will not be enough?

Thanks,
Benjamin

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Ken Hunter [mailto:kb7h@onemain.com] 
Sent:	Monday, September 16, 2002 3:06 PM
To:	Benjamin Robbins
Cc:	'atm@shore.net'
Subject:	Re: ATM Any thoughts on our Telescope Prototype?

Looks like the center of gravity (and everything else) is above the center
of
the bearing... Going to have to fix that!

Ken Hunter




On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 23:24:59 -0700 Benjamin Robbins <benjaminr@highwire.com>
wrote:


Hello all,

My friend and I have been plugging away at grinding, building and designing
our first scope. Our mirrors are pretty much complete and ready to ship off
for coating. We wanted to be a little adventurous in our design of our scope
structure. We threw together a VERY rough prototype this afternoon and would
love comments, suggestions, and questions as to the feasibility of our basic
design. Thanks in advance for any response/help.

Photos and a brief description can be found at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~benjaminr/MirrorImages/Prototype.htm

Benjamin
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