[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

I have just finished a restoration of a Unitron 2.4 inch Refractor from the 60's.
It was damaged and dented from what appeared to be a fall, and had mould between the two objective elements.

I have cleaned the objectives, and had the tube painted on the outside,and I sprayed the inside of the already baffled tube with Matt Black Paint.

I couldn't get the original eyepieces, so I adapted a diagonal to the sliding focus tube to enable me to fit 1.25 eyepieces to it.

I am amazed at the quality of these scopes that were made in the 1960's.

I dismantled the scope for the restoration, and once it was put back together with a rough collimation, I was delighted that this little scope has such sharp views of planets and double stars, that I dont want to sell it as I had originally planned.
The mount is a work of art. It has smoothe adjustments and fine tuning ability.
It was made the way all scopes should be made, with care and precision. I believe that when they were sold in the 60's, they were a fairly pricy scope. I can now see why.

Even the little finder scope has a sliding extension which facilitates easy and precise focussing.
The main tube only has Rack and Pinion focus, but this is adequate for this scope and works very nicely indeed.

I have just spent a few hours with it in my backyard, and I like it so much, it will become another Grab and Go scope.
( One can't have too many Grab-and-Go scopes).

It seems to have an ability to out-perform other scopes of similsr size.

I am wrapped now and have made it part of the family........


Geoffro.