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Originally Posted by Renato1
Hi Tony,
I can see that you would be annoyed with Focal. That filter you got was a disgrace. What I got was a nice 6 or 7" square of aluminium painted white on one side and black on the other. It was connected by a rod to a clamp which exactly matched the outside of the focuser. So that the sun's image projected onto the white square.
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My first Kmart 900mm refractor also came with this clamp, bracket & metal plate. Now 30 years on I have a 12" Dob & recently I've ordered a 12" sq polymer sun filter to make a 14" near full aperture filter. Anything I should be aware of apart from removing the spotting scope!