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2655 bob44pam Send Email Mar 1, 2002
12:24 pm
ANY ONE OUT THEIR have one of these new scopes from asm products with the new BAVglass.APM USA is now a distributar of them. they usally don't fool with any...
2656 rguinamard
raphaelguina... Send Email
Mar 1, 2002
6:13 pm
I have a very simple 1x pointing device that weight nearly nothing: You use it as a gun sight: One nail at the top of the scope, and one nail just above the...
2658 Joe Belden
jjb4469 Send Email
Mar 1, 2002
9:08 pm
I'm slightly puzzled on this response, was interested in hearing more about this technology, I had heard about the BVC mirrors and was going to post for some...
2659 carlm@...
bigmoz3 Send Email
Mar 1, 2002
9:14 pm
Same here. I was kindof interested in hearing something more about these ceramic blanks....
2660 George Reynolds
pathfinder027 Send Email
Mar 2, 2002
1:19 am
I agree. I too am puzzled. I find nothing objectionable about the original request for user reports. I visited the APM-US web site and the German APM web site...
2661 gumbydad2002 Send Email Mar 2, 2002
2:41 am
... OK, I am an owner of a 12.5" BVC mirrored dob that was built by a guy in Chicago. He and his friend Don swear by the material and say that it is much...
2662 Shawn Arbuckle
shawnarbuckle Send Email
Mar 2, 2002
2:48 am
Fellow observers, I DO NOT own an ASM Truss Scope, but I did grind an 18" BVC mirror a few years ago. The mirror itself is composed of 7 layers of this BVC...
2663 bob44pam Send Email Mar 2, 2002
2:31 pm
TO WHO SAID I WAS TRYING to promote asm products. that is the last thing on my mind. I like alot of other like good lnfo on a new product. And this new glass...
2664 rich93023 Send Email Mar 2, 2002
4:45 pm
Bob, Seems like you have become quite a lightening rod in the last week or two! Anyway, don't let the flamers get to you. Your question about ceramic mirrors...
2665 atmaking Send Email Mar 6, 2002
11:47 pm
Hi, I have update, currently only in french, the page about my current scope project, a 32". All those text will be translated when the project will be...
2666 awallacejr@...
k5vm Send Email
Mar 7, 2002
12:07 am
Fred- How are you going to support that big hunk of glass when the dob is off vertical? A sling? piano wire? Something else? Thanks, Andy ... From: "atmaking";...
2667 cave16d Send Email Mar 7, 2002
1:39 am
... I am 61 and find an 18" Obsession to ... Andy: I just saw your post about scope size and age of user. Your experience is just what I've been looking for....
2668 awallacejr@...
k5vm Send Email
Mar 7, 2002
2:09 am
Gale- The Starmaster may be even easier to move around than my Obsession since its mirror cell detaches. I have to use wheelbarrow handles and ramps to get my ...
2669 atmaking Send Email Mar 7, 2002
3:53 am
Big problem on big dob ? no messages for now few days. Frédéric Géa http://www.astrosurf.com/altaz...
2670 William Byrd
web0178213 Send Email
Mar 7, 2002
4:28 am
Hi FG! ... From: "atmaking"; <ATMAKING@...> To: <bigdob@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:23 PM Subject: [bigdob] a simple test ... I'm...
2671 at making
atmaking Send Email
Mar 7, 2002
8:12 am
Hi Bill Thanks for your message, seems to be better now, yahoo was down for few days on some list, include bigdob. On archive list messages were "stoped" on...
2672 at making
atmaking Send Email
Mar 7, 2002
9:02 am
Andy, Piano wire. Frédéric Géa http://www.astrosurf.com/altaz ... _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos est le moyen...
2673 Bartolini, David E (D...
dbartolini2000 Send Email
Mar 7, 2002
7:42 pm
... That is the biggest hurdle for me to overcome upgrading from my current 20" (as I'm guessing it is for a lot of others). For people to get a perspective,...
2674 szsherm Send Email Mar 7, 2002
7:54 pm
... is off ... page. ... http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ... imprimer vos ... This is interesting - essentially, a 40" f/3 primary, with a 12" minor axis...
2675 awallacejr@...
k5vm Send Email
Mar 7, 2002
10:36 pm
Steve needs a parachute for that ladder he uses with the 40"! :-) ... From: "Bartolini, David E (David)" <dbartolini@...> To: <bigdob@yahoogroups.com> ...
2676 Roebber, Pete
slojoe20012000 Send Email
Mar 8, 2002
2:22 am
I'm trying to decide whether to buy a 12mm Nagler Type 4 or a 13mm Nagler Type 5 for my next eyepiece. They both fit nicely in the gap between my 17mm Nagler...
2677 bigdob24 Send Email Mar 8, 2002
3:30 am
I am going from a 20 to a 24 will I see a great deal of difference in the view finder? Thanks Dan...
2678 Neal Galt
nealgalt Send Email
Mar 8, 2002
5:45 am
No! ... ADVERTISEMENT...
2679 randygmuller Send Email Mar 8, 2002
7:49 pm
... Not if you use the same view finder on the new scope! :-) In the *eyepiece*, you will see a slight increase of resolution, although this will probably be...
2680 steve_robbins13 Send Email Mar 8, 2002
8:29 pm
... these ... will ... Hey Bob! Talking Telescopes cans you for attacking ASM Products and someone here fries you for spamming for them? Are you good, or what!...
2681 Doug Walton
dwalton0523 Send Email
Mar 8, 2002
10:22 pm
I've got a set of aluminum truss tubes that are somewhat permanently attached to top and bottom wood bases, essentially forming a long triangle for eachpair of...
2682 m51john Send Email Mar 8, 2002
11:34 pm
Doug, It's not cheap, but you can buy a gallon of truck bed liner. It's a black rubber type material that you paint or roll on. If you are familiar with a...
2683 bob44pam Send Email Mar 8, 2002
11:38 pm
... last ... you ... where ... for ... when ... hit ... over? ... JUST CALL ME A REBEL ROUSER.WILL GET THE SCOOP ON THIS CANADIAN SCOPE SOON.I DO HOPE IT IS A...
2684 glinos7124 Send Email Mar 9, 2002
12:02 am
... time. So the natural step up from a 20" is in the 30" or so range?...
2685 Shawn Arbuckle
shawnarbuckle Send Email
Mar 9, 2002
12:26 am
Doug- I coated my truss tubes with a kind of rubberized plastic. For the life of me, I can't remember the name of the stuff, but it's sold as a spray or ...
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