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Re: Don't do this to a sextant
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Nov 6, 21:05 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Nov 6, 21:05 -0500
Dear Henry, On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Henry C. Halboth wrote: > As long as there is no deformation, I believe restoraton to a condition > of serviceability is entirely possible. I have done so with several old > sextants/octants that have been missing a variety of parts Do you make/resilver mirrors yourself? I am currently shopping for an old vernier sextant, mostly paying attention on the state of the arc, frame, vernier and filters. The requirement that mirrors should be also in good condition substantially narrows my choice. So I thought of trying to learn how to resilver mirrors myself. Can you give any advise on this? I have in mind a recipe from an old navigation book which requires mercury and tin foil. Alex. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
