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David Hardie

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  1. Or, I see on the website about the built in Wi-Fi. So I could Wi-Fi from my phone or tablet on sky safari? David
  2. I do have the Ioptron Wi-Fi adaptor thing and also have sky safari. Which socket does the Wi-Fi plug into please? David
  3. Hi all, I'm about to take outside the az pro mount. I've done all the balancing etc inside so that's ok. Looking at the set up video where it gets itself calibrated etc, how mich success have you had once it starts going to targets etc? It's use is for visual only. Cheers. David
  4. That's exactly the problem I had. A whole shelf of boxes take up lots of room!!! Lol
  5. Thanks all for answers. I just had too many boxes! David
  6. Morning all. I store my ep's in padded flight cases. Does anyone have a rough idea when selling something like a Tele Vue Ethos etc how much value may be lost by having no box? Is anyone really really bothered about no box as long as condition is good? Thanks. David
  7. Hi all maybe you would cast your eyes over this for me. I recently bought a Takahashi Epsilon from a user on here and am messing about putting spacer sets together so I can mount my ZWOasi 071 colour camera to the scope. The length spacer I need for starters is 38.5mm and I have here the correct length with a thread one end M54 to suit the corrector lens and a male thread the other to fit into the camera. (the camera back focus amount has been taken into account) Now, the bore of the spacer is about 40mm all the way through. So should this be OK? I suppose any fitting that fits into the camera will have this bore, but just asking you experienced guys your opinion. Its made up of - the 21mm adaptor which came with the camera, an 8.5 Baader spacer, and a spacer which came with the Tak. Cheers all !!
  8. It's the shiny aluminium part which needs some off it. It would be great to use the lathe, it's been a while since I did some turning! It's actually what I did as an apprentice many years ago!! Do you have a clock to true it up? 😄
  9. I'm after making a camera adaptor. I bought a second hand Tak Epsilon 180 off here and want to fit my camera to it. An Atik. Both the silver and black parts have the same thread which fit the camera and the scope corrector. It's about 7.5mm too long. They slide together nicely as you see. I thought if I made it just the correct length, and tested it I could maybe secure it together with grub screws or even bond it permanently.
  10. I'll send a pic shortly Ron and you can see if I have the right idea about this spacer or not!!
  11. Hi Ron thanks for the answer. That's a good idea. Trouble is it's 7mm I need turned off. Thanks though! David
  12. Hi all. Does anyone on here know of a little engineering shop, or have used one before, or even own a lathe! I just want some spacers adjusted by turning some material off etc. Cheers. David
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