Re: [C14] Re: Tube Stiffeners
I purchased the Losmandy dovetail so that I would have somewhere to
insert shims needed to make the OTA orthogonal with the mount. I'll
be getting another dovetail for the topside so that I can mount
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danco@...
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Re: Tube Stiffeners
My dovetail is OK, I guess, but I've thought about getting the
Losmandy. Sometimes after tightening my screws, I find that I can go
back and tighten them further, like the dovetail flexed or
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gondella@...
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Re: [C14] Re: Tube Stiffeners
Ah yes, I kmow of them. So those are tube stiffeners. Thanks for your
description. One of those tube stiffeners fell off once while I was
replacing the stock dovetail with a Losmandy dovetail. I
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danco@...
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Re: Tube Stiffeners
The tube stiffeners are the small rectangular pieces attached, two in
front, two in the rear. If you look into your corrector, at 12
o'clock and six are the front ones, with identical ones in back.
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gondella@...
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Re: Tube Stiffeners
Tube stiffeners? What is a tube stiffener? Has the design of the C-
14 changed since a year ago? What's your tube made of, aluminum or
carbon fibre? Unless I'm missing something, my one year old
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danco@...
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Tube Stiffeners
Hi Folks,
I bought a C14 in February and shortly after (2-3 months), the tube
stiffeners shed their dark coating (becoming quite white) and
deposited a white powder all over the inside of the
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gondella@...
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Re: [C14] opening a c14
Ah, I see that yahoo hides e-mail addresses. Don Clement's e-mail
address is donald_clement at yahoo dot com. I'll ask Don to please
join this group.
- Dan
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danco@...
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Re: [C14] opening a c14
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
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danco@...
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Re: [C14] opening a c14
Hi,
Try to ask Thomas M Bisque at: Sotftware Bisque:
<mailto:Bisque:thomas@...>
thomas@... <mailto:thomas@...>
he wrote about how to fix the Primar Mirror on a c14:
You can find
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S?ren Jessen <soeren.jessen@...>
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opening a c14
hi
may i know if any of you has opened up your c14 before?
could you make a kind of manual on how to do it and fix it?
thanks
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wonglijie@...
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Re: [C14] Digest Number 1
is it ok to touch the hexagonal screw in the middle of the secondary mirror?
--- C14@... wrote:
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Li Jie <wonglijie@...>
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Re: focusing
This is caused by the mirror actually shifting while it moves on the
focus rack. It's corrected by any of the several after market
focusers available. See jimsmobile.com for a start....
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lmichel@...
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focusing
dean c14 guys ..
when you all focus, do you all realise that the image will move
sometimes?
how do you all correct it?
thanks
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wonglijie@...
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