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Subject: Re: [M]: 16" Mount Vibrations tamed for visual observing
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon May 28 17:09:36 2001

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On Monday, May 28, 2001, at 04:22 PM, Robert Preston wrote:

> ... sorbothane...

is an almost magical rubbery substance that eats vibration for lunch.
It looks like ordinary black rubber, but a little softer. It's used for
mounting pads and so on. I have a sheet of it between my scope and the
wedge. You can get it from McMaster-Carr; it's cheap.

--
Bill Arnett
http://nineplanets.org/ 37 27 38 N 122 16 11 W

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