Jaegers 6" f/10 "GJD" OTA Construction - OTA Assembly (making spacer template - step 4)

 

Making of template for use in installing aluminum spacers - Step Four - 17 (Click to see an enlarged image.)

 

Step 4 --- Before I cut away the six (6) rectangular sections from the template, I snipped the circle out about a tenth (.10") of an inch outside of the line, as you  can see in the photo. The reason I cut outside of the line was because I did not draw my circle to the correct outside diameter of the unmounted objective lens. :^(  I made the mistake of drawing the circle to the clear aperture opening of 6" inches, rather than the diameter of the unmounted objective, which is 6.1" inches. Despite the error, I did manage to catch it in time to cut the diameter to the correct size. Now we can cut away the 60-degree spaced rectangles!