Tony,
Sounds to me like a blessing in disguise. Why not just
replace that cheap plastic geared focuser with a nice
crayford while you are at it. There are nice one and
two speed crayford focusers for sale at scopestuff,
agena and a few other places for under $150. Those
stock focusers are junk and a good crayford will
really fix that scope.
Jerry in Arizona


--- Tony Miller <radiosoundnet@...> wrote:

> My canine companion knocked my DS90AT off the back
> porch a few days ago
> (I was unloading after a night at a dark site).
>
> Among other injuries (all easily remedied), the
> scope suffered the loss
> of teeth from the chromed plastic drawtube of the
> focuser. Meade
> doesn't have 'em --- Bill Vorce at Telescope
> Warehouse doesn't
> have 'em. Anybody here have one they don't need?
> Yes, I could buy
> another whole DS90 on Ebay, but I really don't want
> to do that.
>
> I'm not sure if this uses the same drawtube as the
> DS70 or DS80, but it
> probably does if those are 2" drawtubes as well.
> The drawtube is
> different than the 2" chromed plastic drawtube on
> the small Meade
> reflectors (DS114 or DS130).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tony M
> central OH
>
>




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