Hi Tannehill
I travelled to Little Desert from Albury with my scope (over 600km without the locking screws) and collimation takes me less than 5 minutes to do, only minor tweaking required as you have said.
I had two separate engineers and the builder of a 30" have a look at the set up and all said separately that with good compression springs - locking screws would not be required.
But at the end of the day it is personal choice and what works for you. Try out different methods and come back to what you feel suits.
Cheers Petra
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Originally Posted by Tannehill
My 12" GSO has the same specs as you LB 12 cell, and the Bob's Knob's primary spring kit (and knobs) for you scope and mind are exactly the same. I have the Bob's Knobs primary springs and they work fine.
Despite this, and even if your springs were tighter, you still would probably find some collimation drift without the locking bolts. Even with the bolts, a bumpy car ride leads to the need to tweak things after re-assembly.
Any particular reason you want to forego using the locking bolts? Not that it's a critical feature, because a collimation fanatic will still feel compelled to make adjustment even using them....
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