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Good show Brian,

Now you are a member of an elite, secret society ;-^)

I believe that Celestaire carries bases. Failing that, any machinist should
be able to carve one out of aluminium or brass. A friend of mine had this
done and additionally, had the machinist incorporate a threaded insert in
the base so that he could mount it on a camera tripod. Slicker than snot as
they say.

I had the problem with the wrinkled plastic ivory-coloured sheet. I ended up
getting a replacement for it from Ken at Celestaire (being the fine fellow
that he is). I think that heat and sunlight will deteriorate those pieces.

Let me know if you want a set of instructions. I can always scan my own in
and send it as a PDF.

Have fun. Nothing like playing around with that thing on a warm starry
evening. Unfortunately for me, in my part of the  world, starry nights are
synonymous with cold nights which takes the glow off of the whole thing.


Robert


----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Whatcott 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: WWII astrocompass still on Offer


> I did surrender to the call of the ..er.. astrocompass.
> Of the three mentioned on eBay, I topped the bidding on the third
> and highest priced one - at $67 plus S&H  None with bases though.
> One of them had a noticably wrinkled sight screen (ivory plastic sheet)
> which I suppose was heat damage.
>
> And I am glad: do you hear? Glad!
>

   

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