Late June this year I bought an 8" GSO dob from Andrews Communications. I have since found out - like a lot of others - that GSO expects you to know what to do in assembling the thing, collimating etc. In other words no manual to refer to and not even one on-line. Well I found one site that someone had set up that got me through the assembly bit and another for collimation (but not too sure which knobs access the collimation part and which are the locking screws) and even bought a laser collimator from someone in IIS. What is is with these people that they will sell a product and expect everyone to know how to operate it?
Once assembled I was left with a battery pack to accommodate 8 AA batteries but no idea where this pack goes. I suspect that it fits in the primary mirror assembly somehow but without instructions I'm reluctant to undo bolts to find out if I'm correct or not. (I have found the mirror cleaning instructions in IIS but simply 'remove the mirror assembly' is a bit vague for me.)
Anyone with some answers?
Popeye
