Thanks for all the advice guys..
I finialy made the decision yesterday to buy a 10" Skywatcher collapsable Dob.
I spent Saturday afternoon putting it all together and after reading a few collimation "How to's", i used an old film canister with a hole in it to do the collimation.
I was able to get everything centered up and concentric, but one thing did have me puzzled. By adjusting the secondary mirror I was able to get the mirror clips of the primary mirror centered and then adjusted the primary mirror to center the "dounut" in the secondary. However for some reason the reflection of the eyepiece is not in the center of the secondary mirror. Is this important? I have been busting to get outside and check it with a bright star but with all this wet weather, no chance.. I recon I must be the most fustrated newby in the history of newbies!!
And the weather forcast says rain for the next week!
Without a laser is there any other way of checking the collimation?
Cheers
Lee