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Old 30-11-2011, 06:16 PM
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there isn't so much a tutorial to do it, you have to adapt the rear cell to take a 1 1/4" nose piece or a M42 which most guiders have on the front. being aware that the focal point of the lense. I know for a fact that Orions SSAG and the SW you need to shorten the SW tube approximately 15mm where as Meads DSI 1 or 2 possibly 3 will work straight up as long as your adaptor is about 4-5mm from the end of the tube.

If you have a little lathe or access to a lathe this becomes easy, without that kind of equipment silicone is your friend but also your worst enemy as you wont get a good fit nor will you have accurate guiding for fear of flexure on connection of silicone to guider plus the inconvienence that your guider is locked in so you cant easily remove it.

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