After receiving my collimating laser tool today I placed it in the focuser to see how far off the collimation was.
The laser reflecting back off the pri. mirror was clearly missing the sec. mirror and hitting the wall.
Holding the sec. mirror spider and twisting with my hand clockwise sowed where I needed to adjust it, to be closer to the ring circle on the pri. mirror.
However Im a little confused about whether the sec.mirror can be rotated clockwise or not.
After looking at the construction diagram here:
http://www.fpi-protostar.com/ftp/instman16.pdf
it appears that the 3 collimation screws/bolts on the sec. mirror do not allow the unit to be rotated without the whole assembly being rotated also. As this cant be done without the entire holder being rotated, am I wrong in thinking that the mirror cannot be rotated slightly clockwise ?
Tommorow night, Im going to attempt adjusting the sec. mirror to properly collimate the scope. A little hesitant in adjusting the sec. mirror so I thought Id check first before applying any kind of pressure on twisting the sec. mirror clockwise.
I believe tilting wont solve the collimation but only twisting the mirror slightly clockwise will allow the reflection of the focuser to appear centered in the reflection of the sec. mirror when looking down the focuser tube.
Maybe I worry too much .
As you can see in the pic(ignoring the arrows) all is not exactly centered.