Day 57 Feb 22 2005

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I got these8-32 bolts about 2 inches long for mounting the dome. A bolt on one side to hold the bolt on the bearing and the holes on the dome opened up and here we go.

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Doh. Misaligned dome and body because both are not perfectly round

 

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I hindsight I should have taken more time to make sure they were round

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Bearing with bolts in them and screwed to the body with wood screws

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The holes in the dome were deepened to take the new longer screws

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Close up

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Without flash

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With flash

To make it as strong as possible I used all holes