Thread: 12" Lightbridge
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Old 23-10-2010, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Satchmo View Post
I don't understand why you owners gloss over the azmuth motion problem . Out of the box , it moves nothing like a proper Dobsonian , and seems next to useless as is ( at least from what I saw of Sasup's scope at IISAC ) . You would need to jack the rocker box up on teflon pads and get rid of those roller bearings. Then it might work as a Dobsonian should
Sorry Mark,
Can't agree with you here.
I've had mine for 4 years and the roller bearings have and still do work very smoothly.
My 2 cents.
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