May 10, 2001 W. A. Traub Status of Beam Combiner Optics and Mounts ========================================= The classical beam combiner optics exist and will be coated by Janos next week. The dichroics are enroute to Janos and will be coated the following week. The mechanical components (24 drawings) went into the SAO model shop on 9 May and are promised back by 31 May. The parabolas are promised for the 3rd week of May, and we will see how this goes before we commit to a particular coating.