Anyway I have heard that The C14 is glue'ed at the rear cell.
No, the tube is not glued to the rear cell. It's press fit. The
tube is attached with several screws with nuts. The nuts are lock-
tighted. (However, the mirror is attached to the mirror mount with
RTV.)
Don Clement (donald_clement@...) recently disassembled my C-14
in preparation to retrofit it with his patented Clement Compliant
Focuser (CCF), a zero-image shift focuser and mirror mount. Don has
also created a computer model of the C-14 OTA.
BTW, the benefits of the CCF are:
1. Zero image shift focusing.
2. Elimination of mirror flop.
3. Primary mirror collimation screws.
I'd suggest you contact Don for everything you could want to know
about disassembly of a C-14.
- Dan
