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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 739996" data-attributes="member: 325666">Hi friends ..After living with paint fumes for over a week ..the Polar Mount is almost ready to be re-installed.There are a couple of spots where the paintwork needs touching up ..but I'll wait until its reassembled and fitted.The light is better outside ..so my old eyes will be better able to detect anything I've missed.As you can see from the photos ..The main ring is fully painted and hardened off ..The pole clamps are painted ..which included having to have one of the lock nuts welded back as it had snapped clean off when it fell.All the large nuts ,bolts and washers have been sanded ..threads wire brushed ..and finally sprayed with a metal preserving paint ...and I've even cut some large rubber washers from an old rubber mat ..which will hopefully prevent scratching of the paint when reassembled and in use..A well earned day off today ..whilst I go and buy a new power drill ..I've managed to wear my old Bosch out completely..The gearbox fell apart ..with all the sideways action of the mandril plus sanding discs and various wire brushes employed over the last few weeks.The extra Dish clamp plates supplied by Montafon&nbsp; arrived from Austria ..These have also been rubbed down and undercoated ..to be painted next week.;)I now have a full set of Six ....and I've started making the missing right angle brackets out of a 1/8 inch thick aluminium angled bar (each angle is 2 inch x 3 inch)...again ..a job for next week..Shouldn't be too long now 'till the old girl is back up.rgdsVS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 739996, member: 325666"] Hi friends .. After living with paint fumes for over a week ..the Polar Mount is almost ready to be re-installed. There are a couple of spots where the paintwork needs touching up ..but I'll wait until its reassembled and fitted. The light is better outside ..so my old eyes will be better able to detect anything I've missed. As you can see from the photos ..The main ring is fully painted and hardened off .. The pole clamps are painted ..which included having to have one of the lock nuts welded back as it had snapped clean off when it fell. All the large nuts ,bolts and washers have been sanded ..threads wire brushed ..and finally sprayed with a metal preserving paint . ..and I've even cut some large rubber washers from an old rubber mat ..which will hopefully prevent scratching of the paint when reassembled and in use.. A well earned day off today ..whilst I go and buy a new power drill .. I've managed to wear my old Bosch out completely.. The gearbox fell apart ..with all the sideways action of the mandril plus sanding discs and various wire brushes employed over the last few weeks. The extra Dish clamp plates supplied by Montafon arrived from Austria .. These have also been rubbed down and undercoated ..to be painted next week. ;) I now have a full set of Six .. ..and I've started making the missing right angle brackets out of a 1/8 inch thick aluminium angled bar (each angle is 2 inch x 3 inch)...again ..a job for next week.. Shouldn't be too long now 'till the old girl is back up. rgds VS [/QUOTE]

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