Jaegers 6" f/10 "GJD" OTA Construction - Knife-Edge Baffles (baffle rack test fit - 1)

 

 Test fit in main tube of completed baffle rack after all notches were ground - view from back-end - 51 (Click to see an enlarged image.)

 

Check it out! The knife-edge baffle rack for the Jaegers 6" f/10 "Gelinda J. Dawson" refractor is all cut and ready for priming and painting. Looking down the tube from the business end shows how well the rack fits in the main tube. Positioned at roughly where it will be permanently placed in the main tube, you can look down the tube and see how well the baffles line up to show how their knife-edge apertures are slightly oversized, which will allow for a desired field size (in the case of this scope - 1.3") to fully illuminate a standard CCD chip in your average DSLR. Let's take a look from the objective end on the next page.