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From: Noell Wilson
Date: 2024 Jan 8, 15:22 -0800
In my bargain hunting I’ve ended up with several sextants that were missing the storage boxes.
I finally remembered to take my Cassens & Plath to Harbor freight for a fitting. It requires an Apache 3800 box with all of the bottom foam removed but leaving room for the sextant handle mount to be attached to the bottom of the box.
This is the largest sextant I have - I’m missing a C. Plath so I don’t know what it would fit.
The Apache 3800 case is really big but, for $29 on sale, good protection.
An Apache 2800 holds any other sextants I own. Including an Astra IIIb that fits snugly with just the 3/4” top foam installed. All the vernier sextants fit the Apache 2800 easily. Most with room for more of the two other layers of foam. I tried to fit the C+P in the smaller case with no luck.
This is a nice size case in the size range of original sextant cases. Also $29.
In general there are two 1 1/2” layers of foam in the bottom of these cases, scored into 1/2” squares, so you can dig out sections for the sextant and leave the surrounding foam. There’s about 3/4” of foam in the top of the cases.
Regards, Noell
