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Hi,
I've got a maksutov, and I think the collimation process is very similar?
Anyway, I have a bad habit of pulling things apart when I get them, and I did that with this mak. The collimation got waaay out when I replaced the stock screws, and so I had to do a lot of daylight adjustment to get it back in the ballpark, before I could think of star testing.
What really helped was setting up the scope on the mount during the day, and aiming it at a mirror 1-3m in front as I adjusted the screws on the visual back. I got the distance just right, so the circles of secondary, primary and baffle were really close. Doing it this way really helped me get a handle on what each adjustment did.
I also found it really useful to have the mount aligned when doing star testing. As another member has posted, the mirror shift makes this fine adjustment a bit of a pain. Using the hand controller the keep the star centred makes all the difference.
Good luck!
Stephen
p.s. what also helped was the realisation that I wouldn't break the scope through trying to collimate it. I just had to learn how to do it!
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