Let me tell a bit more about my scope. I've been quite fortunate, knowing the workload Peter has on as he does his best to deliver to his customers.
I cannot remember exactly when I first contacted Peter, but I took my GSO for a visit to his place later in January 2009. My earliest email on file is Peter giving me directions in early January. On the evening, after inspection, he told me that he believed the mirror to be worth placing into a better telescope. We agreed to talk later on in the year, if I was in a position to proceed.
I contacted Peter late July and he was happy to proceed. I gathered a 12" was an experiment for him, a much smaller aperture that his usual scopes. It is interesting therefore to see that he is working on a 10" for John. I honestly don't know whether these small apertures are a worthwhile proposition for Peter - his labour/materials don't go down as a linear function of aperture size- we shall see what he advertises to do in future, I expect.
So we have been working since then with Peter fitting mine around his other commitments. If I take delivery this year, I will consider myself fortunate - an SDM from conception, through build, to delivery in about 12 months - yes, fortunate.
