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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Good going, Perry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The ATM (amateur telescope maker) solution. That is exactly what I plan to do with my two Munin heatsinks. My spreaders are fine, and the heatsink just needs a little rework. Technically, you only need to do the section that the spreader contacts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bruce, N1RX<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Springfield</st1:City></st1:place> Telescope Makers)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(www.stellafane.org)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I have two sets of parts. I found the heat spreader (copper) to be flat<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> (check yours against a straight edge). The aluminum is bowed inward<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> along the long axis. I used a succession of 220, 320 and 600 wet or dry<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> sandpaper on plate glass (used wet) smoothed the surface in about 90<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Perry W1COW<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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