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Originally Posted by raymo
You don't need to do anything to your scope. If it has the standard focuser
all you do is undo the two screws/knobs on the side of the focuser[ at the
outer end of the focuser tube] and remove the bevelled plate with the tube
that the 1.25" eyepieces slide into still attached to it.
Unscrew the tube from the plate, and screw your camera's T-ring onto
the male thread that is exposed when the tube is removed.
Attach the T-ring and tube assembly to your camera.
Put the the plate with camera attached back into the open end of the focuser,
and nip up the two screws/knobs that you loosened in the first place.
It will come to prime focus with the focuser racked out about 12mm.
This assumes that you have the standard Skywatcher/Saxon focuser.Sounds complicated, but takes a few seconds after you've done it once.
raymo
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Thanks again for the info Raymo. The T-ring does fix onto the attachment, which is great! It's a bit wet outside tonight but I'm looking forward to giving it a shot soon. I'm not sure what you mean about the bevelled plate though - do you mean over the focussing knobs? This is a photo of the same focusser that I have - do you mean the part at the bottom of the photo?:
http://www.saxon.com.au/media/catalo...telescopes.jpg
What would be the significance of removing the plate? Sorry for all the newbie questions - I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the whole machine works
Thanks,
Graham