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Originally Posted by xelasnave
do you have a reason to use sand over saw dust
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Simple, really, it's what I had at hand
Weight saving with using sawdust? Minimal really, and insignificant when looking at the overall weight of the dewshield alone and where it is going on the scope.
The tool Bojan mentions is great for cutting Laminate materials to make these baffle rings!
Another benefit of these baffle rings is they add rigidity and support to the tube they sit inside of.
I have a second dewshield that I use on both my SCT and as dewshield extension on the insulative dewshield I made for my Mak. This one though had just the one baffle ring, but does have sand behind the ring. The first pic below shows this second dewshield extended, the second pic shows it retracted back over the Coreflute insulation/dewshield around the Mak.
Alex.
PS, the third pic is of how I finished that first dewshield I made
Alex.