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Old 07-09-2009, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by glenluceskies View Post
After my brother passed away 5 years ago, I decided on a clean out of my shed, and I threw out my 6" f6 mirror from my first homebuilt scope circa.1986. A bad move but I was in the wrong frame of mind to even contemplate a clean out.
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward View Post
Two...and the sad thing is they are getting more expensive...

1) H-Alpha punters will appreciate this

...took the Etalon off prior to removing the blocking filter....which shattered.
Doh!

2) Plugged an untested guide cable with a hot 12Volt pin into my PME.....fried both PCB's....$A2.5K in about 20 milliseconds.... oh F..K!!
Oh!!! That stings! Really stings. OW!!
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