Phil Edmonds

I make my own filters out of cardboard and Baader Solar Film, just with an off-axis hole about 3" diameter in my cardboard mask at the front of the scope, and I can still see to write this! But, just in case... After doing all the above checks about holding your mask to a very bright light and checking for pinprick holes etc. etc. ... when I put it on the scope I always take the first look with my weak eye (in my case the left)... just in case... Too much panic-mongering about this I think! BUT... DON'T FORGET TO MASK YOUR FINDER OR COMPLETELY CLOSE IT OFF! It's instinctive for most of us to keep having a peep in the finderscope. This is where it could go badly wrong. My tuppence worth, Phil.