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Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
 I had one of these as well , found it in Cash converters in Darwin , $40 is all I payed for it , and yes they do give a very good image .
It compared to my Takahashi FS60C very well on the moon , a bit brighter and was much better on deep sky .
All you have to do is drill 3 new holes about 30mm above the original ones that hold the primary mirror and move it up to that new position , then you can use the original focucer and .965 - 1 1/4 adaptor and if you are accurate with your measuring and drilling it wont be hard to collimate it again .
I also see the mount , an EQ2 is set in Alt/Az mode , you can also set it to your latitude and use it equatorally , a great feature with these mounts .
Do you have the shaft and counter weight ?
Good find , this will last you a long time .
Brian. |
Thanks mate, i did find the mount EG2 you say, was able to be in many positions. i set it to this mode the alt/az mode after being curious as to why one of the dials did nothing.
Sadly it is this mode that puts huge stress on the vertical fine tuning and was how it broke the first time. it was pretty crumbled the thread from years of being in a shed. it looks pretty good now i painted it, and the cast dials look really antique almost.