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Heh, excuse my last post, I was tired, cranky and rather incoherent.
After I'd calmed down a bit, found my multigrips, and tackled the problem again, I managed to get the spring supports un-jammed (with only minor mangelation of the chipboard screws) and the spring does, just, fit over the bolt ends. So all is OK for now, although the tension from the springs seems pretty strong, and the bolts were straining up a little - hope they don't break out.
Something that might be a little easier to follow. When testing how easy the based turned, it's a little inconsistent, with half the rotation being relatively free and easy, but at a point it gets stiffer and harder to turn, and if you keep going, it frees itself up again. I've put in the milk-bottle washer mods to free up the rotation, and it did help, but there's still this half-losse/half-tight rotation. if I add 1 more washer, the base wobbles up and down, although I didn't try more washers while the scope was mounted, but this loose/tight action happened even without the scope on.
Any ideas?
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