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    Re: EBBCO/filters
    From: Greg Rudzinski
    Date: 2007 Nov 20, 15:49 -0800

    Try fabricating something out of welding goggles. Good luck.
    
    Greg Rudzinski
    
    On Nov 20, 3:47 am, Isonomia  wrote:
    > I bought a secondhand EBBCO sextant, and the filters all have "stuck"
    > to the glass in the middle (or is that unstuck around the edges), in
    > either case there is a ring on the filter and a double image through
    > the sextant.
    >
    > I've tried contacting local boat shops and the french company that
    > took over EBBCO but without success and I am looking for advice on how
    > to replace the filters (and keep my eyesight!)
    >
    > As one filter was bubbled, I tried to replace it with a sheet from
    > "eclipse" glasses, and although it works, it is too dim to be useful.
    >
    > Help would be appreicated!
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