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Old 31-01-2008, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by rpsastronomy View Post
and i cant understand why more people don,t follow suit!!
Hi SKELTY,

I completely agree. Cardboard (weetbix) or metal comes a very distant poor second.

I corresponded with a chap from USA who used similar techniques but used 0.8mm thick stuff called 'Door Skin'. It's made for laminating internal house-hold doors and is bonded to the door's internal skeleton. The tube he made was for a 100mm refractor. He never did send me his photos.
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