As I feared, since I couldn't see the magnet-to-dumbbell joint from all angles, they ended up being off by ~1/3 of a magnet diameter.
Because I don't want to deal with finding another failed glue joint tomorrow, I removed the magnet and dumbbell from the optic, and broke the manget off of the dumbbell. As with yesterday, I kept track of which end of the magnet had been glued to the dumbbell.
I got a new dumbbell, removed all the glue from the magnet, and reglued them together, in the fixture that ensures they are well aligned.
Tomorrow I will come in and glue the magnet dumbbell assembly to the ITM. |