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    Re: Mirror adjustment tools
    From: Hien Thanh Nguyen
    Date: 2017 Sep 29, 23:56 -0400
    Hi Stan

    Thank you for the info. 

    Peter and Mark just gave me some good idea on how to build a tool. So I plan to follow their leads to build my own tool. For the moment a good friend is helping me out by sending me his tool (from the astra 3b). I am hoping that this will work. Part of the problem is that the Sextant that I have is really rusted. The whole Sextant is pretty much rusted seized. I tried to deep it in liquid wrench and wd40 for several days, I also exposed it to heat and cold, but it is still hard to get moving. A few days ago I pretty much broke all the mirror mounting screws when I tried to unscrew them and take the mirrors out for resilvering. So I am afraid that even with the right tool the adjustment screw may not move. If this happen then I might have to give up on the restoration process.

    Hien

    On Sep 29, 2017 4:55 PM, "Stan K" <NoReply_StanK@fer3.com> wrote:
    Hien,

    I'm just getting back from being away from email for a while, so I am late in responding to your message.  I see you already found something to work with the W&P.

    The photo of the CPlath adjustment looks like a square male "peg" within a round "can".  If I am correct, this is a common adjustment, as is used on the Astra IIIB.  Ken Gebhart might have these tools, though they are not listed in his Celestaire catalog.  Another possibility is Ridge White from Robert E. White Instruments (robertwhite.com), which is pretty close to you.  If neither of these pan out, I might know another source.

    Stan


    -----Original Message-----
    From: Hien Thanh Nguyen <NoReply_Nguyen@fer3.com>
    To: slk1000 <slk1000---.com>
    Sent: Tue, Sep 26, 2017 12:25 pm
    Subject: [NavList] Mirror adjustment tools

    Dear friends:

    I wonder if you could help me?

    I have two old Plath sextants and would like to be able to obtain the tools to adjust the mirrors on them:

    1. CPlath sextant: this seems to have a square head screw. Please see the pictures here https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8AuUsHvUgZjS0M0VXBRNWdfTXM

    2. Weems Plath sextant: this seems to have a round head screw. Please see the pictures here https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8AuUsHvUgZjaXI4VGk5OV9rdTA

    I have looked high and low but can't seem to be able to find the tools for them. I have also sent to Celestaire.com to see if they can help me but I still have not heard from them.

    Is there anyway that you can adjust these mirrors by using tools readily available from home depot, or can you buy them from some where?

    Thank you for your help,

    Hien

       
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