Save the all the fabricating and get one of these Copperdawg Sunshade extensions for $30 buck$ made by our own
@Ty Pilot.
Sunshade is somewhat of a misnomer, in reality these are a more of a sky shade because more times than not it's the sky causing a bright reflection, not the sun itself, but I digress.
The bottom line is this Sunshade really works! It seems simplistic, but the tilting extension allows the user to angel the ST16(s) and the shade so that the reflection from the sky and or sun is effectively blocked.
Before this Sunshade extension came along, I always found the provided Sunshade was completely useless and never used it. Copperdawg's Sunshade changed all that, now I use it even on somewhat bright overcast days because it works so well at eliminating all reflections. FYI, I live in the Northern Hemisphere with about the same low angle of Sun as Southern Australia or Tasmania, so it should work equally as well for you folks down unda.
You can find then here:
Typhoon
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