Spent a happy hour in the workshop tonight putting together a x-hair illuminator for my GSO finder. Just finished a quick check outside and it seems to work OK ........... phew what a relief . Only tricky part was drilling a 4mm hole in the side of the eyepiece .
All the parts a standard parts from Jaycar. Power supply is velcro'd onto the finder bracket. I still have to tidy up the eyepiece end and fit some sort of connector.
No worries Shaun. Give me a day or so and I will pull out the Jaycar catalogue so I can list the part No's. I still have to decide on some type of plug/socket to allow for disconnection at the eyepiece.
I will also provide specific eyepiece hole location details.
....I will also provide specific eyepiece hole location details....
Ian, if you could give the location relative to the internal components of the eyepiece, that would be great. I might be able to translate that to the straight through finder eyepiece. I've been thinking for a while that it would be much better to illuminate the crosshairs directly. Thanks, great job - very neat and compact compared to my big box hanging off the finderscope bracket. Eric
. Only tricky part was drilling a 4mm hole in the side of the eyepiece 
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