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Regarding the wire spider: it works very well, but I just felt like experimenting with a curved one on this scope. I have liked curved spiders on other scopes I've built.
I made this one by routing a curve of the right radius in a piece of plywood (each arm is a 60-degree arc, so they sum to 180 degrees). Then I covered one side of a strip of brass with epoxy, pressed it against another strip, and taped it to the plywood form for a day or so, in order to make each arm. The arms are then riveted to an alum tube, 1" diameter. I'll take some more photos in daylight & post them.
[Just added two pics]
Last edited by PhilW; 13-08-2008 at 09:00 AM.
Reason: Added pictures
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