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Re: Ho Hummmmm
Looks like I stirred up the pot again... I read the History of Vacuum several months ago and recommend it highly! As far as giving up the moderator position...??? There's nothing to moderate, so far
By Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@...> · #96 ·
Re: Ho Hummmmm
Those pumps must be huge to suck those tanks down to -6 or so! I have a 30" +/- inch dia tank 3 feet high and wonder if my Diff pumps can do the job... I'll get to try it if I ever find a house here
By Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@...> · #95 ·
Re: Ho Hummmmm
Some of the posts have been vary helpful to me, I shut down my shop because I decided to retire and get a real job so all of my stuff is buried in storage. Ill be finishing the chamber as soon as I
By RON WHITE · #94 ·
Re: History of Vacuum Coating
http://svc.org/H/HISTORYA.PDF: Don Mattox -- ____________________________________ Donald M. Mattox Technical Director Society of Vacuum Coaters 71 Pinon Hill Place NE Albuquerque, NM 87122-1914
By Don Mattox · #93 ·
Re: Ho Hummmmm
Dear Ken Sure would like to do some vacuum deposition or coating...I have four retorts that are 5 Ft. Diameter X 9 Ft. long and they are just sitting there waiting for me to do something!!! Lots of
By camime1@... · #92 ·
Ho Hummmmm
What a boring group! Can anyone give me a reason to keep it going? There must be someone out there that is doing some vacuum work! Ken Hunter
By Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@...> · #91 ·
Re: Glass size and thickness
wrote: Alberto, Welcome... I am the owner and moderator of this YAHOO Group, I am also the owner/moderator of an Amateur Telescope Making Group on YAHOO. Check us out:
By Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@...> · #90 ·
Re: Glass size and thickness
--- Hi Charles Mitchard: About annealing the glass i have some experience, I have an oven for crt(cathode ray tubes) procesisng which can reaach more than 430 centigrades. The temperature of 430
By teveotron · #89 ·
Re: Glass size and thickness CRT
--- RON WHITE: I was wrong when I said 120 mm, it is 1200mm!! And your brain is OK, because you found the error! I will measure the Sagia of the 21" glass as you said, and will report it to you. The
By teveotron · #88 ·
Re: fridge pumps for vacuum
Charles I've had to back burner my vacuum stuff because I've decided to retire from my day job which included a 3500 sq ft shop to play in right now i'm moving stuff into storage untill I can find a
By RON WHITE · #87 ·
Re: fridge pumps for vacuum
Thanks Ron, I guess I had better start looking for gauges now so we can play (again) I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
By Charles Mitchard <charlesmitchard@...> · #86 ·
Re: fridge pumps for vacuum
Charles This is all just a guess The small inlet size to these pumps will be a problem. As the vacuum gets low it takes a long time for the air molecules to move from one end of a pipe to the other.
By RON WHITE · #85 ·
Re: Glass size and thickness CRT
Alberto Polarized light filters are available at some surplus optics company or from theater lighting filters. You can use the light from a LCD monitor and a pair of polarized sunglasses The light
By RON WHITE · #84 ·
Re: Glass size and thickness
Hi AGUSTIN, I have considered using the front screen of a tv before but it didnt break where I wanted it. However I came to the conclusion that the best way to proceed would be to first 1. trepann out
By Charles Mitchard <charlesmitchard@...> · #83 ·
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Hi, is it worth using sealed fridge motors for a vacuum chamber? I have three available just sitting there doing nothing and as I cannot afford (swmbo wont release funds) a roughing pump I wondered if
By Charles Mitchard <charlesmitchard@...> · #82 ·
Re: Glass size and thickness
"AGUSTIN GASPARINI" <teveotron@...> wrote: Good. That helps. I'm not an expert but two things come to mind. (1) a pair of polarized sunglasses can be taken apart to make two polarizers, or (2)
By Jeff Anderson-Lee <jandersonlee@...> · #81 ·
Re: Glass size and thickness
> 12 millimeters (1/2 inch) is pretty thin for any > sizable mirror. You might > get away with it for a small mirror if you are > careful and the glass is not > tempered (which would surprise me from
By teveotron · #80 ·
Re: CRT Tubes Glass size and thickness
Hi Alberto Stability = I mean lack of stress - Worst case example is tempered glass- the glass is quickly cooled usually a blast of cold air to both sides of the glass the outside cools quickly and
By RON WHITE · #79 ·
Re: Glass size and thickness
"AGUSTIN GASPARINI" <teveotron@...> wrote: 12 millimeters (1/2 inch) is pretty thin for any sizable mirror. You might get away with it for a small mirror if you are careful and the glass is not
By Jeff Anderson-Lee <jandersonlee@...> · #78 ·
Glass size and thickness
--- RON WHITE <ron_white@...> wrote: Hello Ron, I am glad of your answer. When you talk of stability of the glass, it is about temperature or other factors? Respect the thickness of the
By teveotron · #77 ·