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Old 26-03-2015, 09:34 AM
E_ri_k (Erik)
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Originally Posted by Hans Tucker View Post
Pinched optics is another probability.

Interesting that Takahashi Mewlon owners will collimate their mirrors but refractor owners are scared to touch their optics given that both scopes have the same collimating screw push-pull pair arrangement.
Any thought on how the optics may have become pinched? Not so much a fear of collimating it, just being cautious. I'm sure its straight forward, as with a Newtonian. Only I have read over and over again not to touch it, as other people have done so in the past and damaged their TAK refractors.

I have the TAK collimation scope which I use on my RC with ease, and the documentation clearly shows how to collimate a refractor, I would just need to have an adaptor made up so it can thread in to the refractor.

My only concern is, if I break something, it may end up more expensive to fix than if I don't....

Erik.
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