ETX 80 STRIPDOWN

[Mick.G.]

Hi all, Iwould very much like to mount my etx 80 to my cpc 800 as afinder scope, but stripping the 80 down look's abit daunting!

If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd be greatful:icon_salut:

Mick.G.

[CGolder]

Hello,

I have a etx 60 ota and they have side arm attachment that would need to be remove (cut off) before mounting in any decent way. i have seen some videos on utube for it.

i am thinking of cutting the arm bits of my etx 60 and doing the same but then i brought the ota only for not much

[Mick.G.]

Hi CGolder, am not looking at a hacksew or boltcroppers.

just a screwdriver!

[CGolder]

your be ok as long as you don't mind the round wings sticking out the side i personally want to slice them off a they annoy me

[Demonperformer]

This might help: http://robroy.dyndns.info/astropics/ETX-70/

[CGolder]

Interesting that the OTA is different from mine, mine has the side arms attached to the rear plastics and thus it can not be removed individually, if you have the same as pictured above you are fortunate

[mattifor]

Interesting that the OTA is different from mine, mine has the side arms attached to the rear plastics and thus it can not be removed individually, if you have the same as pictured above you are fortunate

Yes that is how my ETX60 is fixed.

the interior is different also

to take the arms off you need to disassemble the mount.

remove the small central circular cover on the underside of the base mount.

you will see a three pronged retaining plate.

to remove this on the top side of the base section, take off the crome covered az tension leaver this reveals a 13mm hex bolt top, this must be unscrewed, at this point the roller bearing comes free, gently prize off the thhree pronged plate.

This reveals a 116/16" nylon/plastic white retaining nut, unscreww this and the base cover seperates

you will now see the two sets three retaining screws for the side arms.

It is only necessary to remove the unprowered arm support.

now you OTA comes free.

you can now seperate the tube from the focus assenmbly to facilitate the cutting off of the side section.

I hope this helps.

Your too far away for me to do it for you,I am located in North Staffordshire.

[CGolder]

After this thread i decided to go and de-arm my little cheapo etx. i actually intend to try some widefield imaging with it. but no really bothered was just something i had been meaning to do for a while.

took me like 30 mins... here's my finnished results

[mattifor]

Nice result, have sent PM.

Ivor