NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Re: Plath kriegsmarine sextant servicing
From: Jim Martin
Date: 2007 May 16, 17:21 -0700
From: Jim Martin
Date: 2007 May 16, 17:21 -0700
Federico,
If you still wish to go ahead, you will need to remove the
telescope bracket from the frame.This allows the index arm to travel
beyond the limb where it can be lifted vertically, having first
removed the screw at the base of the main bearing.
On May 17, 5:28 am, federico_genoa wrote:
> Hello to everybody,
> I've recently bought a Plath kriegsmarine sextant (aluminum frame) on
> eBay and I'm giving it a good clean.
> I've easily removed the mirrors, filters, micrometer, etc from the
> frame but I can't figure out how to remove the alidade.
> Can anyone help with suggestions or a sketch? Do you know if a
> servicing manual for Plath sextants exists?
> Yhanks.
> Federico
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com
To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
