[ATM] Beeswax

[Dominic-Luc Webb]

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, jkoptic at juno.com wrote:

> Dominic, wax does not flow like pitch and can be considered a solid while pitch can be considered a liquid. When Mel puts a thin coat of wax onto a pitch lap, it is the pitch under the wax that conforms during pressing.  If you use "honeycomb foundation" for a lap as described in the old Amateur Telescope Making books, you must use it on top of a pitch base so that flow can occur during pressing.
> Jarvis Krumbein


Thanks. My efforts have been in direction of replacing pitch.

Dominic