Cheers Peter & Bojan,
I've spotted Solar film on local trademe, only about $15 for a piece more than big enough to work.
I guess I've just been a bit over cautious about the safety aspect of solar viewing. I've only got one 'good' eye these days and also wasn't sure about the heat effects on a scopes internals. The wee 60/700 was a no loss test that was more successful than I'd imagined. I even set it up on the old GEM mount and was able to track it by slowly turning the drive shaft.
Just another astro-option to play with. Don't think I'll ever spend the large $$$ for a solar scope with all the fancy doodahs but I'll spend a few $$ for film and some sort of screen mounting system for future experiments.
It's just another star .. right ?
