Re: [APML] Mount Flexure [was: Ticket to Chile]

["Jim Ives" <flyboy9990@earthlink.net>]

Jon that's a good idea. 
    I'm going to take all my Losmandy plates in and have them sand blasted.
    Thanks for posting the tip!
Jim Ives
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Kolb" <jkolb@datawest.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 6:37 PM
Subject: RE: [APML] Mount Flexure [was: Ticket to Chile]


> Matt,
> 
> > I'm modifying the DCM-2 now. I think exposed aluminum (possibly even 
> > knurled) surfaces will keep it from flexing, and the user (me) will
> not 
> > have to crank the knobs so hard.
> 
> Try having the face that mates with the camera body sandblasted at a
> local machine shop.  It's cheap and fast to do, and the camera won't
> budge after that.  If there are other mating metal faces on that device,
> blast them, too.  My superthingamajig is blasted, and a single bolt
> holds the Pentax 67 with the 200mm f/4 lens with no differential flexure
> problems.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Jon Kolb
> Adventures in Astrophotography
> http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/
> jkolb@datawest.net
> 
> 
> 
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