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Old 13-08-2008, 09:43 AM
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Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)
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Looks fantastic Phil Nicely done - great workmanship by the looks.


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Originally Posted by Satchmo View Post
Why build a properly curved 3 vane 60 degree spider ?

Well, once you get your first view of bright stars and planets in a large Newt with no diffraction spikes you can never go back to a straight spider
Absolutely agreed Mark. I can't fathom why people find spikes attractive - either in real life or in photographs. They are unnatural, and are NOT meant to be there so why do some people look for ways to add them? LOL!
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