From: "John Murray" 
Cc: "Amateur Telescope Makers" 
Reply-To: "John Murray" 


G'day Guy,
        Yup, it was a bit of mucking around. The reason I did it vertically is
that
once the cutter is at the right depth and location I didn't want to disturb
the placement and have to redo the positioning. As I said, it took a while
to cut but I have several ideas though that should really help. My
experience with cutting laps is not very pleasant. The way I'm doing it now
seems to be a lot better than previously.

Cheers

John Murray
Whyalla
South Australia
Check our web page at http://astronomy.sa86net.com ATM and M-O-M stuff.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Brandenburg [mailto:gfbranden{at}earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, 6 July 2003 12:17 AM
> To: John Murray
> Cc: Amateur Telescope Makers
> Subject: Re: ATM More photos of my channel cutter working..
>
>
> That is a LOT of work!! (Though the lap looks beautiful...)
>
> You really don't have to have the hold the lap on it side, methinks. You
> can have it flat on its back and use your soldering-gun-with-a-shim to
> carve the channels bit by bit, and then simply take the partly full
> shims and pour them into a nearby tin can or pot. It really works just
> as well, in my opinion, and is a lot less work.
>
> Guy

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