A while back I posted a wanted ad for an 80mm WO cell as I had a white Megrez tube laying around the workshop (actually, donated by Tommi WOrton) and had decided to either ditch it or do something with it. Doing something won out and hence the ad. As it turned out I found one here in the UK, pretty much free (just had to do a shortening job on a Starfire focuser) and collected it this weekend.
Today I had a look and set about making the dewshield. I wanted it to slide as the original so had to make four parts ... the shield itself, a top ring, a slide ring and a bottom ring. Top ring inside the top of the shield to stop it retracting past the lens, slide ring to go around the cell to guide the shield and bottom ring to be flocked and then fitted inside the bottom of the shield to hold everything in place.
Turned out quite well, now I have to knock up a focuser
Something I have been meaning to do for some time but never needed to do it. I am not really looking forward to this part of the project!
Arthur
