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Thanks Joel

On Mar 20, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Joel Jacobs wrote:

> Hi Fred,
>
> I suggest you get some Cyanoacrylate clue. It come is various
> viscosities.
> The one I like is blue labeled Super Thin with a cure rate of 1-3 sec.
>
> Experiment with this on some test items until you feel comfortable
> with its
> running action.
>
> A companion product is Un -Cure, a debonder.
>
> The glue is space age technology, and will work with anything.
>
> Best Source: Your local hobby shop.
>
> I also have some spare parts that might work though they are Japanese,
> not
> C-P.
>
> Joel Jacobs
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Hebard" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:56 AM
> Subject: Re: Sextants and Glue [was Sisteco Prismatic Compass]
>
>
>> Jared,
>>
>> I believe my sextant is the C&P Professional Sextant, as referred to
>> on
>> their website.  However, I am not familiar with older designs.
>>
>> It has 3 horizon and 4 index filters plus an astigmatizer added to the
>> the index filter rack.  There is no added button on the micrometer
>> dial
>> for adjusting for dip and index error.  The mirror housings are
>> aluminum, as best as I can tell.
>>
>> Most lens systems I have disassembled glued the compound lenses
>> together, but mounted them with threaded rings in the barrel.
>> Retaining clips also could be used for filters.
>>
>> If it's so easy to replace, do you know how I might dissolve the old
>> glue clinging to the two horizon filters that have fallen out and what
>> sort of glue I should use to replace them?
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 19, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Jared Sherman wrote:
>>
>>> Fred, I would bear in mind that most of the finest camera lenses in
>>> the
>>> world today are in fact built up from multiple elements--glued
>>> together.
>>> Glue is literally the stuff that makes precision optics possible
>>> today.
>>>
>>> If the alignment and material selection is done properly, the glue
>>> joint is
>>> stronger, lighter, and thinner than screwed metal rings. It will
>>> never
>>> seize
>>> up, and it is easily replaced when and if need be.
>>>
>>> There are also combat aircraft whose wings are literally glued on.
>>> Glue is
>>> not necessarily a bad thing! And if it happens to keep down the cost
>>> of the
>>> sextant, even better.
>>>
>>> Which sextant did you get? How big is the filter rack on it? (How
>>> many
>>> filters?)
>>>
>

   

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