Would that be low fat or regular?
At 12:33 PM 3/2/2005, you wrote:
>Forget the RTV, I like to use Cheez-Whiz, straight from the can. Nice and
>sticky, and very cheap...
>
>
> >I'm going to reattach the 4.5" secondary mirror for the 12.5"
> >Ritchey-Chretian. It looks like there were three cork pads, about 1.5" and
> >these were glued to the back plate and the mirror was glued to these...I'm
> >thinking that three buttons or RTV might be a better choice, about the same
> >spacing but perhaps not quite as large...anyone have any thoughts on
> >this? Might it be better to put a thin bead at the edge? More cork (which
> >I suspect might have been stressing the mirror a bit)?
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Received on Wed Mar 2 12:39:53 2005