Thumbscrews

[micjyfynn111]

Hi folks

I. Have spent a frustrating evening trying to calibrate polar scope on EQ6 . The

little grub screws are a real pain. Does anyone know where to source

the thumb screws to replace these little blighters?

clear skies, chortle chortle

[JamesF]

They'e a standard metric size as far as I recall. Probably M2, but I'm not absolutely certain. You should be able to find M2 thumbscrews fairly easily via google.

I had thumbscrews on my EQ3-2, but found them a bit of a nuisance because they kept catching on things That's probably at least partly because the polar scope cover keeps falling off and eventually breaks. I ended up replacing them with grub screws, but ones that were just long enough to poke out of the sides of the mount by a couple of millimetres at most. I found that worked a lot better than either thumbscrews or the standard grub screws fitted to the higher end mounts.

James

[JamesF]

Oh, this isn't the first time this has come up by the way, so if you can get the search engine to co-operate you may well find that someone has posted the actual size required and links to suppliers.

James

[micjyfynn111]

Hi ppl

the screws are apparently M3 10mm . I managed to find some on scopestuff.com

thanx ...clear skies .,,

[JG777]

Another good place http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/index2.htm they will also send you a PDF catalogue.

[JG777]

Not sure which ones you mean exactly but this place http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/index2.htm has a wide selection of stuff

[micjyfynn111]

Hi John

the link you supplied is not available. CheersCheers

[JG777]

Ah something must have changed try this http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/