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Originally Posted by acropolite
Dave, my best guess is to make a curved and slightly offset bracket on the top of the focusser, shouldn't be too difficult with a piece of Aluminium, a drill and some filing (MacGyver one up....  ). Imagine a flattened out question mark.
On the other side of the focusser, a little forward of the focus mechanism and before the flange, there are two small Allan grub screws that are just blanking mounting holes for findersope mounts. On my focuser you can see the dome headed screws I bought to replace them. They're a commonly available thread (may even be the same as some used on the Meade stuff), I took one of the grubscrews out and in to my local Nuts & Bolts shop and matched with some stainless dome head screws.
Make sure you don't get them too long as the drawtube will hit them if they're too long. The countersunk screws hold the roller mechanisms that the drawtube rolls against, I don't think they adjust so you may also be able to use them with the right length screws. If you're going down that route it may be worth taking the drawtube out and doing some fine tuning, mine is way too smooth and the focusser slipped easily.
If you need some small bolts to join the bracket to the Sharpsky, I have plenty, complete with locknuts that should fit, just holler and I'll sens some up. |
wont say no to those Phil - thanks. making a bracket will be interesting and i can see what you are talking about