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Re: SNO-Ts on eBay with Horizon Mirror Installed Backwards
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Mar 31, 12:55 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Mar 31, 12:55 -0400
Please give me a link, I have not seen them. If they messed with the mirrors, apparently without knowledge of what they were doing, I would be cautious. There are nice looking SNO-T on e-bay with no signs of incorrect handling. Alex. > Amazing. If you look at the images of the 4 SNO-T sextants offered on eBay > by the Latvian chap (the ones with the yellow open boxes) you will notice > that the first two have their horizon mirrors installed backwards, with > the mirror side facing the sea horizon and the adjustment screws facing > the index mirror. > > I have not got Bill's book yet but I guess it is not a big deal to remove > them and reinstall them correctly. > > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=118604 > > >