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  1. Hi all, how's it going? I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for my question. If it isn't, my apologies. Could a moderator move it to the correct one? I have an older blue livery Sky-Watcher Skymax 127 that I bought off Marktplaat, (a Dutch/Belgian online trading site) for a steal. The scope works well. I wanted to go a step further and make it work fantastically. I decided to flock the tube and give it a good servicing and cleaning. The primary mirror had so much dust and grime on it, I was considering planting potatoes in it. The secondary mirror just needed a few puffs of air. There was a really annoying red fibre stuck on the back of the meniscus lens. This was causing a huge dust bunny in my Lunar images. The scope definitely needed cleaning. With the help of a plumber's strap wrench, I managed to remove the meniscus lens cell and primary mirror cell. Thanks to Baader Wonder cleaning fluid, a Baader Optical Wonder Cloth, a gazillion Kleenex tissues, a good rocket blower and a quality camel hair brush, the cleaning and flocking went really smoothly. Here's the part that went wrong. There's a rubber O-ring that sits between the primary mirror cell and the telescope tube The one on my Mak had started to perish and was getting sticky. The inevitable happened - it broke! I've jerry rigged it the best I can. It'll work. The Mak will definitely need collimating; however, that's no big deal. Trying to find a new O-ring, is like searching for chicken's teeth. 🙄 Does anyone know where I can find a replacement O-ring? Many thanks for the help, it's much appreciated. Clear Skies! 🔭😀
  2. A tip for aligning the reticle in your polarscope. Replace the fiddly M3 x 0.5mm grub screws with M3 x 10mm thumb screws. Even plastic ones will do the trick. Replace them one at a time, so the reticle doesn't fall off the other two grub screws. You'll now have far better control aligning the reticle. You'll be able to loosen one screw and twiddle the other two with your fingers. You can pick them up for cents on ebay. No more messing with tiny Allen keys. Clear skies 🌌🔭.
  3. It's a new mount and under warranty. It's their problem to fix, not yours. Plus as you're not sure of what you're doing, you could accidently damage something else and void your warranty. Have you got written permission from Sky-Watcher to tinker with the mount? You could be opening up a whole can of worms by trying to fix it yourself. I'd send it back and let them fix it. It's what the warranty is for. Good luck 😀!
  4. Hi everyone and greetings from a really soggy Amsterdam. This is my first post. I have an older Skywatcher Skymax 102 in the blue livery. It's a great little scope and I love it. Unfortunately, it has the 0.25" female photo tripod mounting shoe. This is fine for casual observation on an eq2 mount. It's not exactly secure for AP purposes though. In the near future I'll be purchasing a Skywatcher EQM 35 PRO SynScan GoTo mount. I would very much like to use this little Mak on this mount. Firstly, is it safe to remove the two bolts holding the shoe to the tube. I don't want to find I've a retaining nut bouncing around inside the tube. That would be horrible. Secondly, what dovetail bar would you recommend to replace the 0.25" female photo tripod mounting shoe? Your help and advice is much appreciated.
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