From: "Russell Jocoy" 
To: kennethdurkin{at}yahoo.com, atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: "Russell Jocoy" 


>From: kenneth durkin 
>Reply-To: kenneth durkin 
>To: atm{at}shore.net
>Subject: ATM Pitch Tips Please
>Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 07:14:04 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>If all goes well this week, I will begin polishing my
>six inch F 4.5 mirror on the weekend.  I made a lap
>once before and had a terrible time keeping the
>channels from closing -- I was trimming them three or
>four times an hour and fighting a losing battle.  With
>all that trimming, I was also watching the lap's
>thickness deteriorate close to the plaster base.  I
>concluded from this that the pitch was too soft.
>Maybe it was a blessing in disguise that I eventually
>broke that mirror (by knocking it over) before it was
>completed.  Anyway, Texereau suggests that trimming is
>necessary far less often and I wanted to know if there
>are any caveats I should be aware of as I prepare my
>lap.  I have 64 Gulgoz (sp?) pitch supplied with my
>Newport mirror kit (same as last time).  I will do
>nothing with it until I hear from the group.  I want
>the pitch on this lap to come out harder than the last
>one.  I'm wondering if maybe I heated it too quickly
>last time.  Although it's summer here in Casablanca, I
>polish at night when the temperatures are cool.
>Thanks in advance for your help.  Ken
>
>=====
>Kenneth Durkin
>U.S. Consul
>Casablanca, Morocco
>Visit my website at www.geocities.com/kendurkin/index
>
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("atm{at}shore.net")

    Ken,

   I am having the temp. problem with my lap also. I live in south Florida
and do my polishing in my garage.
Temperatures get past 85 degrees even with a fan on high. If you can polish
below 80 degrees I think
you should be OK with Gou64. Maybe some more suggestions from the elders
might help,...
    Here's lookin' at your pitch kid... (you know Casablanca)      Russ
Jocoy
           P.S. I had to see if I could get the line in there first..
("atm{at}shore.net")

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