Re: Premium mirror not so good

From: WayneH (w6wlr_at__REMOVE_THIS_SPAM_FILTER_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:30:27 -0800

On 28 Nov 2004 21:16:48 -0800, ddrake6@msn.com (Darren Drake) wrote:

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>Recently he gave me the all the parts to that scope including the
>mirror. I had my good friend Dan Joyce test it with his Foucault
>tester. It had a badly turned edge and a significantly rough surface.
>After assembling the scope I saw a poor star test and rough surface
>with a null test at the focuser using a knife edge; confirming Dan's
>test results.

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>I won't mention who made the mirror (it
>wasn't Zambuto or Swayze) but that person does have a decent
>reputation and supposedly uses state of the art testing methods
>including the use of an interferometer.

Interesting story, but you've done the astro-community no good
whatsoever. If this really happened, have the moxie to identify the
culprit. Otherwise, this sounds like another "Look at my message"
troll.

       Wayne Hoffman
33° 49" 17' N 117° 56" 41' W
     "Don't Look Down"

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