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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
Traitor!!!
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Sorry Ken.
If I want to look through a 12" dobbie I know where to find you.
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Originally Posted by stellarquest
Congrats on a fine new scope!.A thought. Instead of a piece of felt for the bump cushioner for the OTA, I use a rubber self adhesive appliance cushion. ...
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I actually did not use felt but a small strip of stick-on velcro, the soft "furry" half, because I just happened to have some around.
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Originally Posted by iceman
Looks nice Steve, be interested to read its performance on first light.
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I'm pretty keen to see it too, Mike. Going away for the xmas break and the new scope is coming with me. I will report when I get back.
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Originally Posted by Starkler
A nice improvement on the 8" f5 saxon dob I had a few years ago which had countersunk philips head collimation screws and hex grub lock screws.
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Geoff, the instructions still refer to hex and philips head collimation screws, so it's probably a recent upgrade. I guess enough people complained and/or went for the competition for them to take notice.
Incidentally the instructions are quite thorough. Assembly, observing tips with things like cooling, dark adaption, light pollution, seeing, 2 pages on collimation and star testing, and warning about the Sun including eyepiece solar filters. Few discrepancies between product and description (like the collimation screws) but nothing major.