A. Jaegers

I've noticed in the D&G thread a few references to A. Jaegers. As a teenager in 1967-1968 I worked at Jaegers as my "after school" job. It was an intense and amazing place for a budding amateur telescope maker to work!

I've been thinking of writing an article to recount those years; including the day Al Jaeger Sr. put me in charge of the lens polishing machines (a disaster), "hammer fights" between the Cuban immigrant workers (I'm serious!), and my lunch hours spent with Al as he talked to me about lens design.

With a little encouragement, I may actually get it done! Would there be a place to post this on AMart??

Steve

Would be interesting reading! Perhaps post in the
"articles" section.
http://www.astromart.com/articles/list.asp?article_category_id=4

You are one of several guys that I know about who worked there. Would be interesting to hear your story. I did know about the Cubans. Also heard that the temperature in the polishing room was always above 80 degrees - a real sweat shop.

Rolando

As a bit of a Jaegers fan, I'd be happy to read your story.

Steve,

Would have never imagined Jaegers employed some Cubans back then. Glad to see my people made their contribution to the firm. Now hammer fights; need to know more as that sounds a little extreme, even for some crazy Cubans. Fidel Castro probably did not let the poor guys take their dominos game with them so they had to improvise. I'm sure they meant no harm (ha ha).

As for Roland's comment about the sweatshop, given they were probably recent arrivals from a tropical island they probably welcomed the warm working conditions. I know my Dad loved it when they moved him from the freezing warehouse to a nice and warm 90 degree + environment while working at a shoe plant outside of Chicago.

Thanks for sharing your experience and I'm looking forward to your article.

Regards,

Angel