Re: [ATM] The UPS modified Meade

[James P Crombie <jpcrombie@pei.eastlink.ca>]

Byron
  check out a local heating and ventalation company,  try and 
disassemble the vanes from the spider and take one in and get them to 
cut out new set,  They should have a variety of thicknesses to chose 
from.  Afterwards, rough them up with 320 sandpaper and then prime and 
paint (use an aluminum primer) with flat black.  You can also check at a 
home center for some aluminum flashing material if you want to try it 
yourself.

Byron Ader wrote:

>Hi Guys,
>I ordered a Meade 12.5 Starfinder Dobs from an individual on Ebay 2 weeks
>back.  He did everything he could to pack the scope well and etc and even
>hired a packing service to pack it for him.  Despite all his best intentions
>and effort, UPS managed to jostle a package labeled "FRAGILE" all over it.
>They jostled it to the point that the mirror busted out of its mounts
>anchored in chipboard and bent the bolts, hurling the mirror down the tube
>to damage the spider vanes.  The mirror flipped over and then received
>scratches from the mount bolts.
>
>So far as I can tell, the scratches are in the coating only and sending the
>mirror in to get recoated will do the job.  I have yet to find out if UPS
>will cover the cost (the package was insured).  I can refab the chipboard
>and etc.  But I am concerned for what I can do to replace the spider vanes.
>Meade uses little thin strips of aluminum for the job.  What would you use?
>Can you point me to any resources?
>
>TIA,
>Byron
>
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