Finally I did it....

[SoulFrenzy]

... after a few years of tears and anguish, even a new refractor... I have finally collimated my old dob. It supposedly isn't a hard process but something about it just confused me. So after years of seeing it lonely in a corner all sad I drug it out tonight and did what no one in their sane mind should probably do.... I took it a part mirrors and all. It worked too. After slowly and carefully putting it all back together again I followed the normal collimating procedure and for the first time in three years got a clear bead on Saturn. So for all of you crying over collimation stick with it my friends.... stick with it.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Glad you got it back in working order. Which reminds me, I should collimate the kids' mini-Dob one of these days

[brantuk]

For the rest of your life you're gonna wonder what all the fuss was all about now lol. Congrats!!

[Scott]

After the secondary is set-up right, the rest is a walk in the park

[Saganite]

Good on ya mate!