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Re: My first observations with natural horizon
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Aug 13, 11:16 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Aug 13, 11:16 -0500
Robert, > It is not the wormscrew that is made of aluminum. It is hard for me to > explain without an illustration I perfectly understood your explanation. This release mechanism indeed was stuck once after an exposure of my sextant to salt water drops. A little drop of oil (applied from outside) was enough to restore its work. Alex.