... That's due to several things: Poorly formed threads. (not too likely) Damaged threads. (easy to damage, but once done up they are protected) Crud in...
Hi, Andy. ... Thanks very much. ... works very well. Glad to hear it. See, folks, it's not rocket science... People with some machine tools can make this...
I think I read somewhere, probl. on one of these groups, that part of every observatory was a well equipped machine shop. I'm always interested in making...
One of the WORST companies as far as customer support I've ever encountered! Handset went bad 2 weeks after buying DS-2114 scope. After numerous telephone...
I can agree ( sort of) I sent in 3 tickets yesterday asking 3 questions....I called this AM an talked to a very helpful person.. The email Responses were All...
Hi, Andy. ... far due to other things intruding, but one day I'll finish it :-) ... ends on the back of the scope without drilling it, got a couple of ideas...
... I think the lesson, and this has been experienced by many people over the years, is to keep trying until you manage to connect with a service rep who will...
When, if ever, should a scope have the grease inside replaced? I've got a 10 year old LX-10 8" that I inherited when my father passed away, and it's sat idle...
... through, ... Hi, Charles. I won't pretend to give advice on re-greasing that because I've never had occasion to go in there. You have to remove the...
Yeah, I am thinking that Doc and I will schedule a visit. I was going to do that earlier, but ran into some financial issues which forced me to postpone a...
... appear to ... Hard to ... You'll never get rid of the slop entirely. It's caused by the clearance between the mirror's sliding tube and the fixed baffle, ...
I've never heard of an SCT that _needed_ regreasing of the baffle tube, and that includes scopes that are 30+ years old. However many have replaced the grease...
Here's another side to this issue... My SC8 is working perfectly (knock on wood)... smooth focusing, great viewing, almost no coma. I did add a external...
Hi Gang: I mentioned some time back that I needed a small part for my ETX125PE (the RA lock lever, to be exact), and decided to attempt to obtain it via...
I tried it as well and it took two weeks for a response. The support person who responded to me apologized for the delay and stated that the response to the...
Yes it did. I have three 2045 motors left. "My advice is free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network Design Engineer 5432 E. Northern Lights...
I've never done this on my lx200, but the various web sites indicate that there are cork spacers around the edge. I wonder if your scope is the same and that...
A common method is to use wooden popsickle sticks to pry a stuck corrector loose. The cells themselves are often glued to the tube. It's rarely, if ever, ...
Hi Pete, I'm surprised at your comments regarding the cost of stock compared to the Lom. rails I guess that we pay quite a bit more here in the UK From our...
This is a good suggestion.....or any Teflon kitchen cake slicker, spatula or the like. NEVER use metal to break (pun intended...) the corrector free from its...
Hi Guys: Noticed this on s.a.a. Peter, if you're out there, good show. Peace, Rod Mollise Author of: Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope and The...
Hi everybody ! I just update my web site on the section "Stories" I discribe how I save money when I purchased my Meade LX200GPS 14" directly from USA ...
Hi Greg: It was my mistake not to paste the url into the post; I meant to: http://cosmonut.org/Smart-1.gif On the other hand, I'm a little surprised you've...
Rod, I'm not an old curmudgeon and I know about the newsgroups. :-) But I seldom go to any of the usenet groups anymore because the spam is so out of ...
HI: s.a.a., yes, there's a lot of spam. However, there's a lot less on s.a.a. than there is on most other Usenet groups. I think there's enough of value to...
Warning on opening the aforementioned attachment!! IN FACT, my attempt to log on to this link has put the dreaded "JS/Exploit-BO.gen" Trojan in my observatory...
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