Anatomy of a C11

[jambouk]

I presume the red screws labelled in this image are to hold the plastic part of the back of the scope onto the metal body and shouldn't be touched, right?

What about the yellow ones? Are any of these fundamental in holding the C11 together of can any of them be taken out and used to mount the finder scope bracket or a guiding (heavens forbid) dovetail?

Thanks

James

[riklaunim]

Yellow ones are mounting screws. Those are safe to remove. Red are construction ones and should not be used. You can also look through the front of the scope to see where given screw ends. That's especially important when you are screwing in new screws or finder bracket screws without the finder bracket - those screws may not be to long or they will hit primary mirror (and damage it if you use force on it).

[jambouk]

Thanks.

James

[baggywrinkle]

Yellow ones are mounting screws. Those are safe to remove. Red are construction ones and should not be used. You can also look through the front of the scope to see where given screw ends. That's especially important when you are screwing in new screws or finder bracket screws without the finder bracket - those screws may not be to long or they will hit primary mirror (and damage it if you use force on it).

Yellow ones are mounting screws. Those are safe to remove. Red are construction ones and should not be used. You can also look through the front of the scope to see where given screw ends. That's especially important when you are screwing in new screws or finder bracket screws without the finder bracket - those screws may not be to long or they will hit primary mirror (and damage it if you use force on it).

Concur with the above...

[Peter Drew]

+1 for the above advice.