Andy McK
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Photo dump. Pic(s) taken with a Fuji finepixS bridge cam stuck on the EP with home made bracket (really wish I had a tidy DSLR)
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Not sure, I'll have to check -
mine is also the same except the EP's are a push fit, no locking screws -
Mine is the same except the locking nuts are slot head screws... -
Yup, inside of my Tal 2 OTA is the same. apparently the groves are supposed to minimise adjacent light getting to the primary. I'm also thinking of painting the inside, I'm not sure if the grey used to be mat black ?? -
Plastic 'internal plug type' cap. Grey paint was peeling badly, so I stripped it off. Will repaint at some point.
Andy McK commented on AndyH's gallery image in Member's Album
I had the same problem with mine, rubbed it all down and gave it a couple of coat of "White appliance" enamel paint. -
After "fitting" a finderscope to my polar axis (RA) I found adjusting the DEC (latitude) a pain, as there is no fine adjust on the TAL 2 mount, so I made the following..
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I'm guessing circa 1995 ish. -
After a chat with Andy H. thought I'd try this...
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How to change your Tal 2 RA setting circles for Northern Hemisphere Tools: 3mm "flat" screwdriver 10mm "flat" screwdriver Soft mallet Good vice "dont think a Workmate will do soz"
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Stop it, u make me blush so. I suppose the good thing about having an older scope, you (I) dont mind so much, drilling and banging away. If I had a TAL200k, maybe a different story, duno (:) -
That looks like a totaly different setup to mine, give me 5, i check -
As in, does the mount drop into the pier? yup, slip fit. Pain I found, when polar alignin' I get Polaris bang on, nip up the locking screws, but because the "V" in the pedistal bit is not "on center" as u tighen up, az drifts off a bit, so u have to allow for it. "guess"
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Andy, when I first stripped this cluch to change my RA bearings, I noted the washers were at the top, next to the screw heads. In my opinion, they really needed to be on the plate end. not sure if it makes a diff, just seemed better for the plate and spring ends -
Astro photography, at the top of a slippery side to bankrupcy.
Images added to a gallery album owned by Andy McK in Member's Album
TAL 2, used mount refurbed, camera bunged on the end of the EP and held my breath. (Fujipix xover 14 mp) -
