Mak 127 Cleaning & Mission Creep

[SuburbanMak]

Had some visible speckles in the view at high magnification & on external inspection could see particles on what I assumed to be the main mirror. 
I have been a bit reticent to tinker with the Mak but as they were visible & in case they were fungus decided to take the plunge & remove the collector lens and have a look. 
To my relief they turned out to be dust (I think from when I flocked the visual back) and on the collector mirror not the primary. A quick puff with a hurricane blower & they were gone. 
 

While I was in there though I noticed that both the collector baffle & the focus tube were surprisingly shiny - so spent a couple of hours flocking them. 
I know that flocking the main tube is not considered an essential mod, but while I had the front off I might as well do that too in the interests of squeezing maximum contrast out.  
All nice and dark in there & looking forward to getting out & seeing if it makes a difference (& checking I haven’t mucked up collimation  

[banjaxed]

Out of interest how easy or difficult was it to remove the lens ?

[johninderby]

The corrector plate holder simply unscrews as I remember. 

[SuburbanMak]

1 hour ago, banjaxed said:

Out of interest how easy or difficult was it to remove the lens ?

Very easy - couldn’t crack the screw safely by hand but started easily with gentle persuasion with a strap wrench & then unscrewed smoothly.

Edited February 2, 2022 by SuburbanMak

[banjaxed]

thank you for your explanation 👍