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Old 16-11-2007, 11:49 AM
Glenhuon (Bill)
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Looking much better here, hope it was the same for you at Magellan.

The Rainmaker Mk2 is finished at last. New rings fitted and tube cut to final length. Everything focuses with the star diagonal and the barlow or straight through. The finder bracket is a home made job. Base is a short lenth of 25mm square tube cut in half along its length and squeezed in the vise with a piece of 12mm round bar till it spead out to the correct angle. The angled upright is 1.5 mm steel plate silver soldered into the groove made by the bar.
Top is a flat steel plate with a shaped piece of aluminium screwed on top to suit the finders clamp. Little bit of flex in the upright but its fairly springy and doesn't bend permanently. Very happy with the 80mm. When the 102mm objectives come available again I'll start on its bigger brother
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