Re: Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ Renovation
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:13 am
The two parts of the cell were sanded, masked-off, and matte-blackened where necessary...
That looks like a birthday-cake, on Vulcan.
The other half; the other was also primed before blackening...
The two parts completed, to a point. Gone is that glossy, reflective, hammered-black finish...
Hmm, I didn't paint right below the clips' posts...
Something special must be going there.
My late father dabbled in wood-working, and as I do as well. He left me this nice piece of English walnut...
That's actually a scrap from a larger board that I've already used, but all I needed was the tip...
I made the new supports for the primary-mirror slightly smaller than the rubber ones.
They were shellacked...
...then epoxied into place...
That looks like a birthday-cake, on Vulcan.
The other half; the other was also primed before blackening...
The two parts completed, to a point. Gone is that glossy, reflective, hammered-black finish...
Hmm, I didn't paint right below the clips' posts...
Something special must be going there.
My late father dabbled in wood-working, and as I do as well. He left me this nice piece of English walnut...
That's actually a scrap from a larger board that I've already used, but all I needed was the tip...
I made the new supports for the primary-mirror slightly smaller than the rubber ones.
They were shellacked...
...then epoxied into place...