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Re: SNO-T Sextant
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2004 Aug 10, 13:48 -0500
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2004 Aug 10, 13:48 -0500
Bruce, Why did you originally want an inverting scope ? What threw you off, when first attempting to use the inverting scope ? What do you now do, that was previously not being done, to satisfactorily use the inverting scope ? Appreciatively, Courtney Bruce Stark wrote: > LOOK MA! I'm using the inverting 'scope! > > I bought a SNO-T sextant because I wanted an inverting 'scope. > Telescopes on the Russian sextant fit my Tamaya. But, after a bit of > experience, I figured I might as well be trying to juggle riding a > unicycle as learn to use that damned 'scope. > > Then, yesterday morning, it was convenient to quit what I was doing > every half-hour or so and take a few quick shots with the inverting > 'scope. Before the morning was over I'd gotten the hang of it. I was > afraid that would mess up my reactions when using the regular scope, but > found it hadn't. > > The SNO-T was quite sticky. Taking off the barrel that contains the worm > screw would have required driving out a drift pin. So I followed Joel's > suggestion, gave it a shot of WD 40, and ran the screw the length of the > arc both ways. Good as new! Now I have a sextant that can measure up to > 140 degrees. > > Bruce -- s/v Mutiny Rhodes Bounty II lying Oriental, NC WDB5619