On 5/6/24 07:33, n4buq wrote:
I was thinking he painted the frame but now I see he sanded it down,
bead-blasted it, and then applied a clear-coat (Permalac). Very clean
look.
Dang! If you scroll down from the bezel treatment, he used a pantograph engraver to make button text,
filled with epoxy, then filed and polished to look like new gambling dice!
Truly fine looking, but I think I'll just look.
My scopes don't get quite that perfect... but then, my old sports car is not restored to concours near perfection either...
