Well I finally managed to work out the issue I had with the collimation issue and rectify it
After weeks of tearing my hair out, the issue was so simple to resolve I feel embarrassed
even mentioning it
I was browsing through the mag 1 website, and noticed the trusses were arranged a little differently from the way I had set them up. Sure enough, quick glance at my setup and I realised instantly what the problem was. I had combined the 2 trusses with each other that are neighbouring one another (
) rather thancombining the trusses in a "V" shape (i.e. the truss further apart). (I hope that description was clear cause I nearly confused
myself
)
After setting up the trusses in the V shape manner, it felt instantly more stable than before. I put in the farlight laser collimator, screwed everything on tightly and turned it on. I then moved the portaball in all different directions and sure enough, the laser stayed put! Barlowed the laser, adjusted the primary mirror, moved the scope again and it didn't move
Here I was thinking of sending the whole scope overseas for Mag 1 to look at! I can go to sleep comfortably now Thanks everyone for your help
