With its final coat of Rustoleum Camouflage flat black spray enamel
applied, the knife-edge baffle rack for the Jaegers 6" f/10 "Gelinda
J. Dawson" refractor is now complete. Once cured and has thoroughly
outgassed, it will be ready to do its intended job of snuffing out
stray light inside of the main tube before it reaches the eyepiece.
But, before this can be done, I will have to flock the epoxied nuts
inside of the main tube, since holes will be cut in the ProtoStar
FlockBoard to allow the nuts to show through. This will also help the
flocking material to lay flat against inside of the main tube without
puckers and/ or bumps.
As you have
undoubtedly seen, I created a lot of pages, and devoted a lot of
time in covering the construction of the knife-edge baffle rack for this
telescopic instrument. Well, my reasons for doing so are simple. For
many of you, making true knife-edge baffles can be (in some cases) the
most difficult component to fabricate for your refractor build. I
wanted to show that you can make beautiful knife-edge baffles inexpensively, and
with minimal effort. In the past, I have seen ATM'ers make their
baffles from wood, and even some from aluminum, etc. Many of whom seem
to have to spend a great deal of time forming the knife-edge in the
baffles if they
did not have the best tools to do so speedily. I believe the method I
covered here truly fills the bill. I hope many of you will feel the
same, and will try this method. |
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