Almost finished, just a few more adjustments and a bit more painting, I was able to focus with my 25mm eyepiece last night but I could not focus with any eyepieces below 25mm, my poles are still about 30-50mm too long. I will be cutting them down tonight and hopefully be able to get the rest of my eyepieces into focus. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can improve this telescope to look or function better I am happy to hear your thoughts. Collimation holds well as I turn left and right, but up and down I do notice that the secondary does move slightly when I go from horizon to zenith. It doesn’t move much but it moves enough to allow the laser to go off the centre mark by about 15mm. I’m guessing it’s the weight of the secondary. I did use a thick foam double sided mirror tape to hold the secondary mirror to the holder. I might change it to silicone once my new secondary comes in. But if you have any suggestions about anything that would be great.
Thanks a lot guys.
Daniel