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Sunday 21st, sunshine promised but very cloudy. Coming from the west then north west.
I trimmed the ribs to provide clearance from the skate wheels and base ring. Skate wheel axles still dragging on the channel. I haven't reached the shops to buy a plastic filler strip yet.
Or, I could buy some larger inline, skate wheels. Those I have now are 72mm and cost small change secondhand. While 84mm would give me 6mm increase in radius. Ensuring plenty of axle clearance over the channel walls. 80mm is an option but that would be only 4mm clearance. Which might be too tight. Ironically, a couple of strips of 30mm x 5mm plastic from the DIY store would cost the same as 4 wheels including cheap bearings.
10.00 Tried imaging but very cloudy. Optics dewed. Particularly the objective. Have 2 heat bands running flat out. [90F.] Repeated blasts with the hair drier. No obvious change so far.
Two widely spaced, small sunspots. A large, S-shaped filament in the south. Soft and useless images as it approaches 12.00. Becoming even cloudier. Still dewed. Giving up.
Showers in the afternoon.
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