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Old 02-12-2008, 06:26 PM
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kinetic (Steve)
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Originally Posted by Michael Clark View Post
Nice work with the imaging Steve,
Obviously the liquid aluminium worked Ok. Great work on the filter wheel to, you should go into production.

Cheers
Michael
Thanks Mike,
Liquid Metal job went extremely well....I was probably a
bit too miserly with the amount, I had a few low spots.
It sanded down nicely though.
I put a fresh sheet of 400 wet and dry over the OTA
tube and gently rocked the focuser back and forward over it
until it bedded down.
In hindsight, I reckon I should have added heaps more, let it spill
out the sides as you press down.
In a few hours, pull it carefully off and cut any excess off with
a stanley blade while it's still reasonably soft.
And be careful none gets on the two Allen grub screws!

Thanks for the advice!

regards,
Steve B.
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