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The mirror cell was built first. It is an all aluminum cell machined on a small 3 in 1 machine. Two aluminum plates were cut using a rotary table. | |
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Some close-ups of the plug feature. |  |
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On the bottom plate of the mirror cell, 3 motors plus 3, 6 volt batteries were attached so that the electronics for the entire OTA would rotate as a unit. The batteries power the collimation motors, a fan for the primary, the reflex finder and secondary dew controller on the upper cage. |  |
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