Jaegers 6" f/10 "GJD" OTA Construction - Main Tube (ProtoStar FlockBoard cut & fitted - 5)

 

ProtoStar FlockBoard Material trimmed and placed back in Main Tube - Down tube view with Focuser Backplate removed and holes cut out around guidescope nuts inside tube - 14 (Click to see an enlarged image.)

 

From the focuser end of the main tube (backplate removed after test fitted w/ ProtoStar FlockBoard), this is a shot showing where I cut away small round patches of flocking material directly over the epoxied nuts for the guide scope dovetail bar. If you look further down the main tube to the upper left, you can also see the holes I cut out for the nuts that will hold the counterweight system. Cutting out these patches will allow the flocking material sheet to lie flat against the tube, among other benefits.