Lining a Newtonian OTA

[sbooder]

I think over all the 8" f8 is just that little bit better on the planets, but funny enough, I can’t see any major difference with the moon.

[Moonshane]

cheers Simon

I think you (and another person earlier today) has convinced me I should just stick with my 12" for now. at least this will give me time to get together my 'ultimate' eyepiece collection.

hope you sell yours soon - it's a really nice scope.

[sbooder]

Well, this is the third time I have listed it with ebay. If anyone is still interesed in it, £280 on the make an offer bit on the listing on ebay will win it for you!

[sbooder]

Thats amazing! I just put the scope back on it's mount to balance and collimate. I balanced the scope and went to do the collimation and apart from one minor tweak on the primary, it was in alignment...what are the odds on that?

[sbooder]

Final tweak on the flocking front. I am not sure if it was totally needed, but it seemed worth doing.

[SlipperySquid]

Nice Job mate, You're a flocking genious . I would like to do mine but I don't fancy taking the secondary out.

[sbooder]

As long as you are careful and gentle, you can get the secondary out and in again without too much of a need to collimate, just measure how much thread is showing on each of the spider veins where they meet the adjuster nuts at the edge of the OTA, then when you put it back try and get the same amount of thread showing and you will be so close to centre only a tweak or two will get it centred.