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That meant doing everything in the spirit of the original (e.g., no digital setting circles, Telrads,radical changes). Paint was obviously a major problem, as the Feckers used a speckle finish that was difficult to match. So we did our best with what was available. Our goal was to restore two unusable instruments to top performance without compromising the original design, not to put something in a museum display. Every restoration project will have to approached differently and on its own merits. This was just what we did. -------------------- Ron Ravneberg Post Extras       Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes BarrySimon615 03/31/08 08:47 AM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes astronomy-shoppe.com   03/11/09 02:01 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes *DELETED* chris_nelson   02/18/09 03:54 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Lew Chilton   02/19/09 01:47 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes tim53   02/19/09 02:04 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Glassthrower   02/19/09 04:43 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Lew Chilton   02/19/09 05:28 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes woodsman   02/19/09 05:39 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Lew Chilton   02/19/09 09:33 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes woodsman   02/19/09 10:05 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Lew Chilton   02/21/09 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Telescopes BarrySimon615   04/01/08 07:50 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Lew Chilton   04/02/08 01:28 AM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Telescopeman54   04/02/08 01:43 AM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Telescopeman54   04/02/08 01:09 AM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Awesomelenny   04/01/08 05:52 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Awesomelenny   04/01/08 06:24 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes BarrySimon615   04/01/08 06:54 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes rwiederrich   03/31/08 08:34 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes alvin58   03/31/08 10:33 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes jwaldo   03/31/08 11:17 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes jwaldo   03/31/08 06:22 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes rwiederrich   03/31/08 11:32 AM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes RRavneberg   03/31/08 11:40 AM 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