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  • Category: Amateur
  • Founded: Jul 30, 2000
  • Language: English
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Mechanical, optical and usage issues for the small and medium Dobs (Orion's Intelliscopes and SkyQuest XT Dobs, Celestron, Zhumell and SkyWatcher Dobs etc.) manufactured by Guan Sheng and Synta. Similar scopes are available from many dealers worldwide under a variety of labels. Questions about the scopes, about auxilliary equipment, about dealers, descriptions of useful modifications, hardware-related tips, do-it-yourself fixes, etc. are welcome.

This is NOT a "general astronomy info" group. PLEASE- NO POSTS about observing logs, star parties, the weather, etc. There are other, better groups on those subjects.

Don't forget our links, photos and files sections. These were designed to help novice as well as experienced (and prospective) users and tinkerers. A wealth of useful information can be found via links to our Member's Web Pages.

Intelliscope Users: For detailed technical descriptions and solutions to problems, follow our link (Links Section, Members Web Pages) to Mark De Smet's Intelliscope Web Page. Information there is available nowhere else on the web.

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Re: more pot stirring -- teflon cylinders in the base?
... I did exactly that on my XT6i (prompted by an entirely different reason). The top baseplate of an Intelliscope has a center hole which slides down over
Posted - Thu May 23, 2013 1:21 pm
JohnA
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Re: more pot stirring -- teflon cylinders in the base?
I can't imagine ANY way that affixing the Teflon pucks to the ground board could affect the azimuth motions of your scope for the worse. If anything leaving
Posted - Wed May 22, 2013 10:28 pm
PhilL
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Re: more pot stirring -- teflon cylinders in the base?
On Mon, 20 May 2013 15:38:06 -0000 ... Heh. I guess that's the way things sometimes happen. :-) I'm glad that Orion had the guts to switch things around when
Posted - Mon May 20, 2013 8:29 pm
Kevin Lahey
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Re: more pot stirring -- teflon cylinders in the base?
The manual with my 2005 XT10i hadn't been updated and still shows the drop-in Teflon pads and recessed holes in the ground baseplate. A separate addendum was
Posted - Mon May 20, 2013 3:38 pm
JohnA
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Re: more pot stirring -- teflon cylinders in the base?
On Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:42 -0000 ... Ahh, thanks, that sounds like what's going on. The fix seems like the kind of project to take on when I get access to a
Posted - Mon May 20, 2013 1:56 pm
Kevin Lahey
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