A Problem with my new dobsonian

[Spacecake2]

Hi everyone,

Yesterday, I bought a new 10” dobsonian telescope and I tried it out on Saturn. I’m not used to manual telescopes as I used a computerised telescope. My problem is that whenever I try to raise the dob, the mount keeps leaning forward, and even if I loosen the handles on both sides, it still does it. Is it suppose to be like that or did I just assemble it wrong. The mount is also hard to rotate. Are there suggestions for why it does that and how to fix it :).

Kindregards

[Cornelius Varley]

13 minutes ago, Spacecake2 said:

I’m not used to manual telescopes as I used a computerised telescope. My problem is that whenever I try to raise the dob, the mount keeps leaning forward, and even if I loosen the handles on both sides

Do you mean the whole mount tips forwards ? Do you actually means leans backwards as if the the telescope is not free to move when elevated ? (the front of the telescope is where the focuser is ) . What brand / model telescope do you have ?

[Pixies]

I think a quick pic/vid of what's happening would help.

[John]

A picture or two would be so useful to determine the make and model of the scope and how you have set it up.

I'm sure a quick solution would then be forthcoming

[Spacecake2]

Sorry for replying so late, but a few hours ago I fixed it😐 (so sorry you had to waste time replying to this topic). I unassembled the two plates that spin and found out that there was a nail (the ones that put the mount together) not tightened enough! It was the nail I used 10 minutes trying to tighten, because the nail was a little bit broken. Anyway... thanks for trying to help🙂

Kind regards