[alan meehan (Alan)]

Hi guys i have been restoring a orion 12.5 inch dob and have put a new crayford focuser on it but i cannot bring it into focus i need more inward travel
if i was too bring the primary mirror up towards the secondary would that enable me more inward focus iam not sure i dont want to cut it off and it wont work nor do i want to replace a new focuser i just brought its a sonotube type
any answers would be helpfull
thanks