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ibraidwo

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  1. Thanks - I think I have that exact eyepiece in my collection! I will have to give it a try. Has anyone had any success with using phone adapters/holders?
  2. Great picture. Can you tell me what eyepiece you used to achieve this? Whenever I offer my iPhone up to the eyepiece I never seem to be able to find the sweet spot. Do you have the eye shield folded down or not? Thanks,
  3. Morning all, Is it possible to test a drive on a mount without having a controller to see if the drive is working? I don’t want to spend time looking and throwing money at it if the drive is faulty! The drive is on a Vixen SP and has an 8-pin connector with a 1/120 gear ratio. See pics. Many thanks, Ian
  4. Thanks for posting, I recently picked up the same mount, with an old 6" reflector at an auction a month or so ago for £45 and am just starting to see how it works and whether it does everything it should. It came with the same tripod as yours as well; I note your tripod cross-support also has rust on it - I was wondering what I should do with that. Until seeing your post, I wasn't exactly sure what model mine is, however it looks exactly the same as yours, so i assume its a Vixen SP GEM also. I have stripped the telescope down and cleaned it - it was very dusty (probably sat in a barn/garage for some time. I have also partially disassembled the mount, but won't go too far with it. The RA worm screw shaft is a little bent, so I need to do something with that and it has an RA drive, however I don't have a controller so can't test it. The mount appears to move well on both axis. Hopefully it will work okay once I reassemble.
  5. Hi all, I picked up an old 6" reflector on a Vixen SP mount via an auction house recently, however it has a very unusual focuser that I haven't seen before. It appears to focus by manually moving the tube in and out, tightening the nylon screw then rotating the whole tube for fine adjustment. Can anyone tell me anything about it and how old it is likely to be? Possibly even what the reflector is? Manufacturer? I have stripped the whole scope down to clean it thoroughly. Many thanks in advance, Ian
  6. Hi all, Can anyone tell me what EQ mount this is (it looks fairly old) and any ideas on what weight it could carry? Many thank, Ian
  7. If I had one, I would - it was a hypothetical question :-)
  8. I am missing the odd end cap, I am sure others are too... The 2” or 1.25” ends aren't a problem as they are a regular size, but the business ends can be very variable... Has any one thought about 3D printing replacements? Would they work? Would they be too stiff?
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