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Old 23-04-2008, 12:51 PM
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Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)
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Nah - just pull it apart. The external mirror cell casing comes off with 6 screws around the periphery near the base - just be careful handling it and make sure you cover it up with something that won't scratch the mirror. Leave the mirror and it's cell in one piece inside the outer casing - there's no need to disassemble it any further.

The secondary/spider comes off in a complete unit too - just undo the 4 thumbscrews and pull the unit out.

When you have it painted just put it back together in the same way and collimate. You'll need to re-centre the secondary again, but the collimation procedure will ensure this.

Last edited by Omaroo; 23-04-2008 at 01:34 PM.
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