Andy McK
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From the album: Observing me Tal 2 150mm Newt.
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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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"Plan" view Tried to line up the thread axis with the locking/slider bar
Andy McK posted a gallery image in Member's Album
From the album: DEC fine adjuster mod.
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From the album: DEC fine adjuster mod.
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From the album: Observing me Tal 2 150mm Newt.
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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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From the album: Polar scope?
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From the album: Polar scope?
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From the album: Polar scope?
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From the album: Polar scope?
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From the album: Polar scope?
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From the album: Polar scope?
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From the album: Polar scope?
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From the album: Polar scope?
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attempt at obtaining co planar 2. trying to get the mounting plate on the same axix as RA
Andy McK posted a gallery image in Member's Album
From the album: Polar scope?
