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Re: [ATM] Care package for Mahmood (9/13/2005)
i have no objection in recieving a blank as sooner or
later i will have to make my own mirrors.if i get
exact grit sizes needed even then i wont be able to
get fine reflective coating on it even commercially
set aside the other difficulties i will face in
completing the mirror.
have a look at the failures i had till now....
http://www.craftspakistan.com/astronomy/6%20inch%20and%2010%20inch%20useless%20mirrors.JPG
http://www.craftspakistan.com/astronomy/concave%20lenses.JPG
http://www.craftspakistan.com/astronomy/eyepieces.JPG
http://www.craftspakistan.com/astronomy/galileo%20telescope%2033x%20with%20my%20own%20focusing%20mechanism.JPG
Saqib
--- Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Firstly, I'm relieved to hear that your family is OK
> and no slight was taken, I was just trying to be
> complete in my reporting to the list.
>
> We've had another request for glass but I'm not sure
> if the person is asking for a mirror (completed) or
> a blank. I'd rather ask for a blank and supplies
> donation than send a completed optic as this is an
> Amateur Telescope MAKING list with an emphasis on
> grinding and polishing your own optics HOWEVER... If
> anyone has a finished optic that they wish to
> donate, I'll forward it on.
>
> I plan to mail Mahmoods package Monday or Tuesday
> and will then know better the costs involved in
> shipping packages to Pakistan. I cannot help but
> feel that we have enough funds to cover both
> shipments but I have been wrong a couple times in my
> life and could be wrong here also...
>
> I'll keep the list posted.
>
> Ken Hunter
>
> Michael Lindner <mikell@optonline.net> wrote:
> On Tue September 13 2005 10:12 pm, Ken Hunter wrote:
> > I sent an eMail to Michael Lindner asking about
> how to send any remaining
> > funds to the atmlist owner or management team and
> received no reply. Sent
> > another eMail to Ken Lowther and he replied that
> the list has NO expenses
> > to contribute to so... He suggested that I save
> the remainder for the next
> > Care Package to go out... I'd rather not be in
> that position as it would
> > (or might) be seen as a conflict of interest???
>
> My apologies for not responding to you Ken. Around
> the time you sent it my
> wife and children were in an auto accident (they are
> all right) and I let a
> few other things in my life lapse. There was no
> slight intended.
>
> There *are* expenses associated with the ATM list,
> although Ken would not
> admit it. Both Ken and Simeon Ivanov provide servers
> and bandwidth for the
> list. Although they do not charge me anything, they
> have expenses
> (electricity, maintenance, hardware, their time,
> etc.) of unknown amount. My
> own outlay is a more modest 30 euros/year, for
> rights to the names
> atmlist.net, atmlist.org, and atmlist.com plus my
> time, which I gladly and
> freely give.
>
> Any of the suggestions you have put forward are fine
> by me. I have no stake in
> it, nor do I feel it would be a conflict of interest
> on your part. If you do
> want to contribute to list expenses, I would not
> turn it down, although I am
> not asking you to. Likewise, if you want me to just
> hold the money until the
> next time list members need it, I'd be happy to do
> that. I have a paypal
> account under mikel@att.net
>
> Clear skies.
> --
> Michael Lindner
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