From: Guy Brandenburg 
To: John Murray 
CC: Amateur Telescope Makers 
Reply-To: Guy Brandenburg 


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

John Murray wrote:
> Morning All,
>       I tried out my pitch lap channel cutter today and the results were very
> good. Pictures of the results can be found by visiting the page in my
> signature and the clicking the "Newest Feature" link.
>
> Cheers
>
> John Murray
> Whyalla
> South Australia
> Check our web page at http://astronomy.sa86net.com ATM and M-O-M stuff.
>
>
>
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