Status 2009/08/04: Dial indicators (underneath the cell): NE 34 x 0.001 in W 39 SE 94 M1 heights from top edge of cell to edge of M1: azimuth vert. rad. S hard pt 26.1 31.5 mm NW hard pt 26.5 38.5 NE hard pt 27.8 31.6 Measurements after lowering the radial hard points, so M1 was resting on pads which had been raised to touch M1.
Status 2009/08/19: M1 aluminized at Sunnyside on 2009/08/14, after a delay of a few days caused by small problems with the chamber. EF picked up M1 with Robert Hyne at the wheel, arriving just as Gary and Joe were starting to apply Opti-cote. The mirror looked beautiful. Delivered M1 to basecamp by about 5pm, left it there over the weekend, had it brought up to the telescope on 2009/08/17. Glued NE and W axial hard-point pucks with RTV and left it to cure overnight. In the cell and cell mounted by 2009/08/18.
Status 2009/08/31: Collimated 08/26 and acquired TWFS data, but later found M1 was not seated properly. Adjusted radial actuators, axial hard points, Lou Boyd restraints. M1 appears OK, but must redo collimation, weather permitting.