Just ordered an AstroSystems Laser Collimator with Barlow

[DJVege]

Ordered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by DJVege

Ordered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good stuff DJ. Let me know what you think of it after you've tried it.

Cheers
Chris

[DJVege]

Will do.

How long did it take for yours to arrive?

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by DJVege

Will do.

How long did it take for yours to arrive?

I ordered mine on the 19th of October and it arrived on the 29th. Not too bad considering that two weekends fell in between those dates, so that's just over 5 working days.

[ozstockman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by DJVege

I hate the laser collimator. It is probably just me, and maybe even just the one I had was crap, but I only ever once got the laser collimated perfectly. I had the V blocks and everything! For one thing, the batteries don't last long. And as soon as you change batteries, you have to collimate the darn thing. As collimating it took me ages, by the time I had the laser collimated, I pretty much had to change the batteries again!! Which means...COLLIMATE AGAIN!!!

Hi,

I do not know whether it really works or it's just me who belives that it certainly should.
I've found a simple way to collimate a laser collimator. I just turn it on, put it on a mirror in a dark bathroom and then it's quite easy to collimate. It takes no more than a couple of minutes and most of the time is spent on finding screws heads in darkness :-)

cheers,

Michael

[DJVege]

Thanks Michael. I think it may just be that the screws have had their toll on the collimator. But..I'm just useless at collimating it. When i think I'm on a roll, and the laser is coming towards centre, I'll make a tiny adjustment, and all of a sudden it will be going to other way!! Or be way out of collimation. I just hate em! And I just wanna whinge about em! I also hate the fact you have to recollimate every time you change batteries.

Which is why I spent $120 - $130 on this little baby (pics when it arrives).