Re: [ATM] Shaping a focuser board to match tube

[Richard <cnc@cncservo.co.uk>]

Hi Dave,

Tuesday, October 25, 2005, 1:26:21 AM, you wrote:

DS> Got a question for y'all...
DS> I'm going to build and mount a wooden based Crayford
DS> to a 5.25" metal tube (the son's 4.5" reflector). I
DS> have a 10" table saw. I was considering clamping
DS> guides to the table saw at an angle to the blade such
DS> that passing the focuser base across the blade would
DS> remove the wood to match the 5.25" tube OD.

I've seen Norm do coving in that manner but it's a scary
process. Personally, I'd put it up on a lathe faceplate, end-on,
and bore it. If you don't have a lathe, you could put it
vertically in a vice on a pillar drill and bore it out with a
fly cutter/hole cutter.

-- 

Best regards,
  Richard in the UK

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