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Originally Posted by astronut
Steve,
Michael is another of those great people from M.A.S!!!  very helpful.
Just as a side bar to your problem.
My 12" Lightbridge is coming up to 3 years old, the base plate on it fits flush with the curvature of the tube.
When I bought the Bintel (G.S.O) 10:1 focuser, the supplied base plate had the same problem as yours.
I've noticed this on ALL the G.S.O scopes. 
Now the Lightbridge series are all made by G.S.O. They must of made the base plate especially for the size of tube. |
Hi John, Michael,
I reckon the base plate is made for the OTA of a 10".
It is close, but not close enough.
I did the job today, just as Michael described....
I'll give the liquid metal a good 24hrs before I touch it.
Seems to have done the job perfectly......pics to come
For now, here is a filter wheel webpage I made today to describe
the whole project.
Please forgive my terrible web-page designing skills!
http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/astrost...ter_wheel.html
Steve