(no subject)
Bill Marriott (btk@ix.netcom.com)
Mon, 3 Jul 1995 21:58:53 -0700
You wrote:
>
>Subject: Aluminum tube available.
>
>I have one piece of aluminum tubing that I want to sell.
>
>It is half of a long piece I got for my telescope. I had to buy the
whole
>piece since they wouldn't cut it for me.
>
>My half works just great for my 8 Inch F=57 Inches scope.
>
>It is 10.0 Inches Outside Diameter, 0.095 inches wall thickness
>(A bit less than a tenth of an inch thick) and weighs 14 pounds.
>Oh, its 57.5 inches long with one end bent, and ragged. You can get a
good
>57 Inch long tube by cutting off the raggedy end.
>
>I'll sell it for $20.00 plus shipping. Shipping will be about $10.00.
>
>So for $30.00 you (Yes YOU) can get a spiffy tube that will make all
those
>SonoTube scopes look like Concrete forms. (Hey, It was a JOKE O.K. ?)
>
>I have looked around, and there is no more of this stuff in Minnesota.
>
>First Email wins, although I don't want to reward people getting the
>undigested form, I can't think of any other way.
>
> -Alan Kilian
>
>
>
Well, it's 10 pm PDT, so it's probably spoken for, but if still
available, I'd be interested, as it would be perfect for the 8"
compound scope in the planning stages...
Bill Marriott
btk@ix.netcom.com