From: "Thomas Janstrom" 
To: "Marco Miglionico" 
Cc: "atm" 
Reply-To: "Thomas Janstrom" 


A good pair of scissors will do the job. They have to be VERY sharp other
wise you will get a slightly rolled edge. If you do get a rolled edge you
just have to lay the strip onto a flat surface and roll it with an old wine
bottle to get rid the edge rolling.

Hope this helps.

Clear skies, Thomas
http://www.tjanstrom.com
"Don't make me set the laser printer to stun"

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From: "Marco Miglionico" 
To: "ATM Archives" 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 7:01 AM Subject: ATM Spider vanes.


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> Hello list.
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> Has anyone gone as thin as 0.2mm thickness (steel) for their spider vanes?
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> am reluctant to use the wire spider idea for a planetary scope.
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> How can I  cut steel that is 0.2mm thickness (thinness!), with a nice
clean
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> Thanks for putting up with my relentless questions.
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> Marco Miglionico.
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> www.geocities.com/telescopiman
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