Sunday, August 18, 2013

130813

130813 Telescope Workshop meeting minutes August 13, 2013
TimC, TomW, JerryW, EdK, TomT, new member Christopher Ulivo (SBCC Art Prof) [see:  http://christopherulivo.com/ ]

 TC-Astrovaganza went well at the Broder Bldg, August 10, but Powerpoint timing seemed off and was not viewed that much.
TW-shared his large homemade apple crisp...delicious!

















TC-discussing telescope making w/ CU, who is more interested in building the telescope mount than grinding out a mirror.













JW-using Edmund spherocity tester on his corrected Dahl-Kirkham secondary mirror.

JW-also showing Moonlite telescope accessories Dobsonian truss mounts to EK.
TC,TW-grinding 8”  donated mirror (80 grit) and TC describing  depth needed to CU.


















JW-showing CU that firsthanddiscovery.com sells mirror kits w/o tool

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