From: mjc5{at}psu.edu
To: atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: mjc5{at}psu.edu


At 11:32 PM -0400 8/20/03, Russell Jocoy wrote:

>    Well Mike Wassup with you,... I don't know you but welcome back.
>If you are not grinding or
>polishing... get to it hoss... There are mirrors to grind and
>telescopes to make. what do you have
>on deck?

So far, I've made a 12.5 inch f5.9 dob, and a 6.25 inch f10.2
"Alice" like scope, plus odds and ends like a laser collimator, a
grinding table.

As for now, I haven't quite decided. I have two 12.5 inch blnks sitting
around the garage, and am forming some ideas there. Maybe a bino, maybe a
fast scope?

        I've been even tinkering with the idea of an 8 inch "sit-in"
binoscope, kind of like one I saw on the web some years ago. I think the
builder named it "Thor" or something like that. Anyone know if
that beast still exists?

        The idea would be to have a seat, surrounded by the optics.
The entire assembly would be powered by a laptop and you would either tell
it where to go, or use the laptop to guide yourself around. I have to look
into safety issues though, and do some ergo studies.

        That may be a pipe dream, but I keep on thinking about it.

        - Mike -
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