GordonCopestake

Finally got around to messing with these. Discovered the best way to get the plastic off is with a sharp rap with the back of a butter knife (dont ask). Worked like a charm though.

Got the plastic off only to discover though that the prisms are cemented in Means that theres no adjustment and i'm stuck with a pair of bins out of collimation I can't adjust. I guess i'm stuck to using 32mm eyepieces which are just about usable. Hey ho, you live and learn

Thanks Gaz, i'll have to get my elbow grease out!

Blimy! I can't seem to get the plastic covers off. Theres not even enough space for a stanley knife blade to slip in. More effort needed perhaps but then that runs the risk of damage to the covers.

Thanks for the tips guys, keep em coming!

Thanks Gaz, i'll have a play and see what I can see

I've tried moving the IPD until i'm blue in the face hehe, not tried taking the "wings" off though. Do they just snap on and off? Screwdriver under the plastic sort of thing?

I've never really tried binoviewing properly before but have heard good things! So I recently purchased a pair of Binoviewers second hand. They are cheap(ish) synta versions and seem fairly common.

In day time tests I can't seem to get the image to merge though. The 2 images appear to be offset at about 45 degrees to each other. The binoviewers are the single thumb screw type to hold the eyepiece in place. I have tried to pull one of the eyepieces out slightly and pushed it to one side in an effort to aid collimation, this works well and I can get the image to merge in this configuration.

This leads me to think that there is something wrong with my binoviewers and they perhaps need collimating? I found using 32mm eyepieces much easier to merge but the problem is still there.

Does anyone know how I can go about collimating these cheap synta bins or indeed IF they are collimatable?

Hopefully these images will assist in identification

Rear view

Front view

Close up of eyepiece holder

Original eyepieces, 17mm 65degree

Additional 32mm eyepieces (meade s4000 super plossls)

A lot of TV programs like horizon have astronomers sitting in their office or at home and on more than one occasion i saw a 70mm tasco refractor at the window. Amused me no end

Lee,

I'm trying to keep my 4000+ hours under the old client (boinc?) before I join, I know its sad but I was kind of proud of it..... :?

Gaz

You should be, thats about 6 months isn't it :|