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Yes: Cassens & Plath.  I realized that just after hitting the send button.
Thanks Joel.

Jim Thompson
jim2@jimthompson.net
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Joel Jacobs
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:17 AM
> To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
> Subject: Re: 6x telescope does not fit AstraIIIb snuggly
>
> The 6 x 30 scope you received should have been marked Cassens & Plath, not
> Weems & Plath. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> The knob you refer to has a screw on its end which secures it to
> the shaft.
> Take the knob off and add one or more small washers to make up the
> difference. Re-install the knob.
>
> That should work, until KG returns with a better answer.
>
> Joel Jacobs
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Thompson" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 4:36 AM
> Subject: 6x telescope does not fit AstraIIIb snuggly
>
> > I ordered a 6x telescope for my AstraIIIb sextant.  Celestaire sent a
> Weems
> > & Cassens scope.  The hold-down knob on the bolt that secures the
> telescope
> > to the sextant frame does not screw down all the way to grip
> the telescope
> > securely, so it is quite loose.  The tab that the hold-down knob pinches
> is
> > 1/16" thinner on the 6x telescope than on the standard 3.5x
> telescope that
> > came with the AstraIIIb, and the bolt for the hold-down knob is not
> threaded
> > far enough.  The expert at Celestaire who can resolve this is
> away.  Does
> > anyone have any insight to this problem? Maybe I could just build up the
> > empty space with a couple of stainless washers?  Thanks.
> >
> > Jim Thompson
> > jim2@jimthompson.net
> > www.jimthompson.net
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