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Old 19-06-2005, 01:09 AM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Originally Posted by cahullian
My beautiful 8" mirror 'eh John' then my green laser pointer
Irish,

That 8" mirror is an absolute cracker but on the other hand that focuser is possibly the "worst" excuse for a focuser I have ever used. "Tarzan" would strugle to adjust it. Have you pulled it apart and cleaned the poor excuse for grease out, re lubricated it with lithium grease or silicone spray and re-assembled and adjusted it properly yet? The standard GS focusers are "fair" if you keep working on them. Also you gotta do the ebony star/teflon thingy with the azimuth bearing. Get the mechanicals on that scope sorted and you will be in 7th heaven.

CS-John B
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