Meade finder-scope bracket modification
18/05/08 19:55 Filed in: General
The screws that hold the finder-scope to my Meade 10"
LX200GPS SCT telescope are too short. I remember
thinking this the day I first assembled the scope.
But in my eagerness to use the scope this niggly
little issue was shoved aside.
That was until a few days ago when I went to move the scope outside for use. My shoulder hit the finder-scope and it popped off, hitting the concrete. Lucky the lens cap was on, and no damage was sustained. This brought the problem crashing back to the fore-front of my mind.
Easy fix.
Counter-sink the screw heads a few millimetres into the bracket.
After counter-sinking the head of the screws, they now have a good 5 - 6 millimetres of thread to hold the bracket onto the scope.
And fully mounted.
That was until a few days ago when I went to move the scope outside for use. My shoulder hit the finder-scope and it popped off, hitting the concrete. Lucky the lens cap was on, and no damage was sustained. This brought the problem crashing back to the fore-front of my mind.
Easy fix.
Counter-sink the screw heads a few millimetres into the bracket.
After counter-sinking the head of the screws, they now have a good 5 - 6 millimetres of thread to hold the bracket onto the scope.
And fully mounted.
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