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Re: Sextant Case Foam
From: Noell Wilson
Date: 2023 Sep 7, 12:00 -0700
From: Noell Wilson
Date: 2023 Sep 7, 12:00 -0700
Hi Robin,
Almost anything will work.
My first try with a Davis sextant was a block of furniture foam and an electric knife. It looked like I sewed it up with a grapevine but it still works after 20 years.
It might be cheaper, and surely more simple, to buy a new plastic case from Harbor Freight with foam that’s already almost cut through. You just pull out the foam cubes that will make a fitted hole for your sextant.
The precut foam might be available on its own.
Regards, Noell
