arcadian2002

All done, I was going to spray the unit satin black but at £9.00 a tin i decided against spraying.... the aluminium plates are purly cosmetic originally taken from one of the donor diagonals but i think they look pretty cool, the magnets make for a really positve feel to the flip action. I also covered the end of the allen key with a rubber grip which came from an old rs232 usb to serial adapter.

The mirror base and 'down position' magnets can be seen, the third magnet which holds the mirror in the up position is located on the underside of the black eyepeice holder. The top short plate can now be seen attached.

Useing a hack saw i cut the chopping board into 6 small panels :- 2x side panels. 1xbase panel not seen in this picture. 1x mirror bed panel. 1x short top plate not seen in this picture. 1x rear panel eyepiece holder not seen in this picture. A small allen key was atached to the mirror base, this acts as an axil to flip the mirror on Three small name badge magnets are used to hold the mirror in its up and down positions.

Parts needed Two cheap donor diagonals seen left uk astronomy buy and sell £10.00, seen right from Scope n Skies astroboot £2.50 plastic chopping board seen here in blue from the pound shop cost £1.00 Three small magnets not seen in picture, reclaimed from an old name badge cost £0.00 A small allen key not seen in the picture. Super glue, i already had this, but lets say it cost £1.00 Total cost £14.50