philjay Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Managed to get the scope nicely collimated at last after a few internal mods so took it out for an airing on the moon the other night for visual and to take a few snaps through it. Visual was great but found a few probs re the focuser. The 1000d dslr wouldn't come to focus with the SW eyepiece adapter in place but I didn't have anything that would fit in the over large end of the draw tube to take the camera, so I knocked this up yesterday on the lathe. It takes the Eos 2" nosepiece snuggly and just acts as a liner in the draw tube with the ep adapter out. Works OK on terrestrial, just need a clear moonlit night to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eddy Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Nice Phil, you really good at these little mods and stuff, sending you a PM now I know you have a lathe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Nice one Phil. I agree with Eddy, you're jolly useful to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 If it aint got threads I can do it, but I havent mastered screw cutting yet:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T A WOW Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Nice bit of machining there Phil. What lathe do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 A chester 920, it has scew cutting facilies but ive only done big stuff, m15 -20 on it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Managed to get the scope nicely collimated at last after a few internal mods so took it out for an airing on the moon the other night for visual and to take a few snaps through it. Visual was great but found a few probs re the focuser. The 1000d dslr wouldn't come to focus with the SW eyepiece adapter in place but I didn't have anything that would fit in the over large end of the draw tube to take the camera, so I knocked this up yesterday on the lathe. It takes the Eos 2" nosepiece snuggly and just acts as a liner in the draw tube with the ep adapter out. Works OK on terrestrial, just need a clear moonlit night to try it. Looks a good piece of engineering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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