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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Advice wanted on Dish repair
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<blockquote data-quote="johnsattuk" data-source="post: 347969" data-attributes="member: 183150"><p>I would second the advice above. :-worship</p><p></p><p>If you have done a bit of panel beating you will no doubt be able to get the overall shape fairly true, the hand is very good at sensing the bumps and dips, with something like a car panel the eye is generally the arbitar, but with a dish the eye is much too sensitive, a hammer mark perhaps .02mm deep might stand out like the proverbial sore thumb on a painted panel, but would have negligble effect on a dish, thats why mesh dishes work OK.</p><p></p><p>I have a dish which had several quite deep airgun pellet dimples in it which I planished out. If I get the dish in the right light I can see where they were. I have an identical undamaged dish and I am unable to see any difference in performance.</p><p></p><p>My dish was a soft ali. dish which perhaps was a bit easier to work than a thin steel one.</p><p></p><p>As long as the general shape is OK , any small holes, bumps, rivets etc affect the dish more or less relative to the area of the whole.</p><p></p><p>Sounds to me like you have it pretty well under control, and you havn't got much too loose from trying it. :-righton</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnsattuk, post: 347969, member: 183150"] I would second the advice above. :-worship If you have done a bit of panel beating you will no doubt be able to get the overall shape fairly true, the hand is very good at sensing the bumps and dips, with something like a car panel the eye is generally the arbitar, but with a dish the eye is much too sensitive, a hammer mark perhaps .02mm deep might stand out like the proverbial sore thumb on a painted panel, but would have negligble effect on a dish, thats why mesh dishes work OK. I have a dish which had several quite deep airgun pellet dimples in it which I planished out. If I get the dish in the right light I can see where they were. I have an identical undamaged dish and I am unable to see any difference in performance. My dish was a soft ali. dish which perhaps was a bit easier to work than a thin steel one. As long as the general shape is OK , any small holes, bumps, rivets etc affect the dish more or less relative to the area of the whole. Sounds to me like you have it pretty well under control, and you havn't got much too loose from trying it. :-righton [/QUOTE]
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