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Originally Posted by skwinty
Hi Alex
I have just this weekend cut 5cm from my 12" GSO OTA to attain focus for my Canon 40DH. I had rings made for the OTA and am using the standard skywatcher dovetail.
I am not so happy with the sloppyness of the ring dovetail fit. Your idea of a longer dovetail without rings sounds like a good idea. If it works out well for you I will probably do the same. I have tried a hargreaves strut which does help a bit in the north /south axis but not east/west.
I am still waiting for the focus extender so am unable to use visually now.
This evening I will reassemble the scope (paint must be dry by now. The GSO paint job was terrible and lasted a year before rust spots started to show) and hope the weather is good so I can take my first astropic.
Good luck with your mods and keep us posted on your progress.
Regards
Steve  |
i have done the mod as per squinty and had to repaint my tube too, i personally dont think the eq6 is heavy enough for deep space, ok for planets though. please have a look at my scope its on a g11 and its really loaded to the max in my opinion
http://stormfrontobservatory.googlepages.com/equipment that should be the right link if its not just click my other link and select equipment. hope it gives you ideas particularly for stability and mounting it.