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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1916842, member: 27832"]Well, I'm having a terrible time getting this imaged -- can't find the remote for my camera, which means mirror lockup won't do any good, and I think I need to use my extension tubes to get the magnification we want (either that, or make room to set up one of the stereomicroscopes, and I've been putting <i>that</i> off for <i>years</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>First shot is the edge closest to the hole, second shot is opposite the hole. (Sorry the previews are scaled differently; I didn't crop them to the same overall dimensions. The two full-resolution shots are to the same scale, and if you line up the grooves, they're spaced the same.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]328908[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]328909[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, the edge is <i>really</i> beaten up around the hole, and the rims have apparently gotten a lot of contact while the thing was actually being worn. I don't see anything that looks like striations in the grooves, but it may be that I'm not providing enough magnification for that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll try to get the reshot reverse and the oblique views of the rims tomorrow...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1916842, member: 27832"]Well, I'm having a terrible time getting this imaged -- can't find the remote for my camera, which means mirror lockup won't do any good, and I think I need to use my extension tubes to get the magnification we want (either that, or make room to set up one of the stereomicroscopes, and I've been putting [I]that[/I] off for [I]years[/I]). First shot is the edge closest to the hole, second shot is opposite the hole. (Sorry the previews are scaled differently; I didn't crop them to the same overall dimensions. The two full-resolution shots are to the same scale, and if you line up the grooves, they're spaced the same.) [ATTACH=full]328908[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]328909[/ATTACH] Like I said, the edge is [I]really[/I] beaten up around the hole, and the rims have apparently gotten a lot of contact while the thing was actually being worn. I don't see anything that looks like striations in the grooves, but it may be that I'm not providing enough magnification for that. I'll try to get the reshot reverse and the oblique views of the rims tomorrow...[/QUOTE]
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