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 Here's the rocker box. It's 5/8" Baltic Birch plywood with box joints in the corners. This is a really strong joint outdone only by a dovetail joint. |
 Here's the mirror box sitting in the rocker box. I don't have the knobs for the altitude bearings yet. |
 I also don't have the ebony star laminate and teflon on at this point. I have since done that and stained the rocker red. Can't wait to get the pics back. |
 The bottom of the rocker box with Ebony Star laminate cemented on. |
 The scope crew stress testing the mirror/rocker box combo. (Passed) |
 The rocker box has been stained red which really highlights the box joint corners and the dowels. |
 Getting close now, everything but the urethane and teflon. The inner spokes of the bearings have been painted black. |
 Here's the completed rocker box/groundboard combo seeing "first light". |
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 Here's the ground board starting to take shape. I drilled most of the rubber out of the pucks to reduce weight. |
 Here's the view the worms will get used to. |
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| So the mirror box, the rocker box and the ground board are done. I'm now moving on to truss mounts and upper cage. Stay tuned for developing story... | ||