Me and my perfectionist attitudes ....why can't I just leave things alone
I was not happy ( at first I was ) with the paint job on my Astro Royal 76mm Tube ...looking closely at the tube I became critical of my work.
So...off came the Lens and focuser...back to wet and dry the tube for another paint job.
In the process of drying the tube with a soft cloth .... I dropped it on the concrete and damaged the thread at the Lens end.
I tried in vain to sort a solution to fix this .... eventually I ' cut out ' the damaged portion of thread, and with a very thin 3 point file carefully went about restoring the area to clean the thread from where I had removed the bad bit.
So many times I tried to screw the Lens back on, and it would not.
I kept it as parallel to the tube every time ...it would turn and then go cross threaded.
In the end I have rendered the threaded end completely un-usable, it's only fit for the bin.
I'm now left with a lovely 76mm f/16 Lens and a good working focuser.
Col....