[Milsurplus] Repair source for military sextants???

[antqradio at juno.com]

Greetings Mac
Are you handy with small tools?  Have a fear of soldering near Hexane? 
Give these a shot:

http://www.users.bigpond.com/bgrobler/sextant/sextant.html

http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/S5807.shtml

There is also a book:

The Sextant Handbook, by Bruce A. Bauer, ISBN 0-07-005219-0 cheap at less
then $12.00 a copy!

Whatever happened to those Heathkit vibrator power supplies?
Jim

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:20:34 +0000 "D C Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
writes:
> I recently purchased a surplus military aircraft
> Kollsman averaging bubble sextant.  It is in
> good external shape, but unfortunately has
> a problem that must be repaired before I can
> use it.
> 
> Does anybody on this list have any idea as
> to who or what company might still service
> these?
> 
> I found one company that  USED  to do it
> but their technician died six months ago.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> Mac, K2GKKK
> Oklahoma City