Thread: focuser
View Single Post
  #18  
Old 21-01-2005, 08:14 AM
iceman's Avatar
iceman (Mike)
Sir Post a Lot!

iceman is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Posts: 36,799
Yesterday I received my moonlite install kit from DBA Astronomy. Top bloke, came nice and fast too.

I'll be installing it tonight/over the weekend, Last night I screwed the curved mounting plate and 1/2" spacer to the focuser itself. It looks nice and feels smooth and accurate on the fine focus knob. The course knob feels a little rough, and seems to move in jerks - is this normal?

Also, on both the course and fine knobs, there's a threaded hole on the grip - what is this for? Can you screw in a metal screw for example, to give you extra leverage and more fine and accurate control over focussing?

Geoff, how did you make sure it was exactly square to the OTA?

I knew I'd had to recollimate, and so I finally got myself a collimation tool - I got the cheshire from DBA at the same time as the install kit.
Reply With Quote