bytor666
12-04-2005, 12:30 PM
Hi there. I've just finished moving the altitude bearings on my telescope tube. Thanks to you guys here on ICE IN SPACE I took up the courage to move them. I recall one person saying "measure twice, cut once." Well this little adage payed off large because the bearings went on perfectly by doing so. I was the person that asked how I should go about doing this in another post of mine on CLOUDY NIGHTS forum. It was all about having my focuser on the right hand side instead of the left where ALL of the focusers seem to be on the Gso scopes, Syntas etc.
I needed to have the focuser and handle to my scope on the right-hand side because my left hand doesn't have a pivot bone in it and it feels uncomfortable to slew the scope with the handle on the left side, so here's a pic of the scope before and after I moved the altitude bearing.. Not only did I move the bearings. I also took up the duty of making my own finderscope rings,I had to also put screws into my telrad because I couldnt find any more of that double-sided tape once I took the other stuff off. Then I had to de-burr all of the excess steel bits once I had drilled 7 or 8 new holes. I then thought about one post I had read about the optics being slightly pinched in the cell and recall that mine probably was and just before I put the mirror back into the tube, I loosened up the mirror clips and you can now place a credit card in between the rubber and mirror surface if you needed to because you can see the small space in between. (I highly recommmend everybody do this , its a little intimidating at first but the mirror doesnt "rattle" in my cell so DO IT!!!).
Well here's the pic of the newly converted scope . Clear skies.
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Mark
12" Gso Scope
I needed to have the focuser and handle to my scope on the right-hand side because my left hand doesn't have a pivot bone in it and it feels uncomfortable to slew the scope with the handle on the left side, so here's a pic of the scope before and after I moved the altitude bearing.. Not only did I move the bearings. I also took up the duty of making my own finderscope rings,I had to also put screws into my telrad because I couldnt find any more of that double-sided tape once I took the other stuff off. Then I had to de-burr all of the excess steel bits once I had drilled 7 or 8 new holes. I then thought about one post I had read about the optics being slightly pinched in the cell and recall that mine probably was and just before I put the mirror back into the tube, I loosened up the mirror clips and you can now place a credit card in between the rubber and mirror surface if you needed to because you can see the small space in between. (I highly recommmend everybody do this , its a little intimidating at first but the mirror doesnt "rattle" in my cell so DO IT!!!).
Well here's the pic of the newly converted scope . Clear skies.
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Mark
12" Gso Scope