Engineering and fabrication

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Summary: the saw was cutting curves The result was a top surface that had a slightly different radius than the bottom The solution was to use a ½ inch wide blade which tended to bend far less All the main parts of my 8 inch travelscope are shown here Note the differences in the two side bearings in the foreground Most of the wooden pieces for my travelscope were cut from a half

Image Dimensions: 575 x 500