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Re: Construction of Sextant Arm Pivot Questions ?
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2007 Nov 12, 15:23 -0800
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2007 Nov 12, 15:23 -0800
Robert, The Navy Mk 3 is as good as any sextant on the market. My other sextant is a Tamaya Jupiter with a 7x35 scope that has taken me across many oceans with confidence. Greg Rudzinski On Nov 8, 6:08 pm, "Robert Eno"wrote: > Greg, > > Somewhat off topic: > > How would you compare the Navy Mk 3 with other sextants -- assuming you've > handled a few? > > robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Rudzinski" > To: "NavList" > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 6:21 PM > Subject: [NavList 3840] Re: Construction of Sextant Arm Pivot Questions ? > > > The index arm on my 1970 M.Low U.S. Navy Mark 3 has a single pin with > > two separate cone tapers of the same brass material as the frame > > bearing. Normal wear should seat the tapered pin further into the > > frame keeping the system snug. A pin retainer screw holds everything > > together and sets bearing tightness. > > > Greg Rudzinski --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---