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Mirzam
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Re: home made collimating sight tube
      05/10/08 12:40 PM

Hi John,
I have used a plastic 35 mm film canister with a hole drilled at the center of the bottom (where there is a small dimple left over from the plastic molding process). These have the same OD as a 1.25 " eyepiece.

Jim

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* home made collimating sight tube jstephany 05/10/08 12:21 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube Mirzam   05/10/08 12:40 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube okiestarman56   05/10/08 05:14 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube wojo   05/10/08 08:11 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube Darenwh   05/10/08 08:31 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube jstephany   05/11/08 05:17 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube jstephany   05/11/08 05:34 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube David L   05/11/08 09:36 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube okiestarman56   05/11/08 11:20 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube Show-me   07/03/08 12:59 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube wojo   07/03/08 08:31 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube tjmck   07/03/08 10:28 PM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube Tom Andrews   07/05/08 01:56 AM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube Tom Andrews   07/05/08 01:58 AM
. * Re: home made collimating sight tube Biff   07/05/08 02:35 PM

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