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Hi Mark, No I never deal with the dealers. I've done all of my business directly through Scott. I've found Scott to be extremely helpful and excellent to deal with. Frankly, none of the dealers

Hi, In speaking of ordering the Losmandy Mounts, it used to be that you had to go through the dealer network for a complete mount from Losmandy. Is this what you did, or did you try to go "Direct

Hi Ken, That's very interesting. I had purchased a Q7 with a proprietary german mount from Questar. The mount never worked and was finally returned in the fall of 2000. I just plain liked the

Hi Wayne; I tried to order the HGM-200 from Scott Losmandy 3 years ago. Waited a year and he didn't seem interested in taking my order! I got on the AP waiting list about that time, which was

Ken, I use a Losmandy HGM-200 with my C14. It is very robust. Both it and the AP1200 have their strong points, but I am curious: 1). Did you consider the HGM-200? 2). How long did you

Doesn't seem like much activity in the "Files" area so I posted a few of my first attempts with the C14-G11 and ST237 Fastar combination. I will be replacing the G11 next month with an AP1200. The

Hi Geert, Thanks for C14 document. I can take apart and fix myself with this info. Yes, it appears to be corrosion of stiffeners. I'm baffled (no pun intended), I keep the scope in the case, in

Hello, I don't exactly recall where I got it, but I uploaded an Adobe Acrobat document to the file section containing instructions for dissassembly of a C-14. About the tube stiffeners you have an

Hello Group, I purchased a new C14 about a year ago and the tube stiffeners turned white within a short time and dropped white powder all over the inside of the tube. I had them replaced and now

focuser, Hello Chip, The three screws hold a thin cup (focus knob bracket) to the rear casting. The thin cup holds a set of duplexed BB races which a brass or bronze nut is captured. The focus

Hello, The focuser on my C14 is slightly stiff in turning. I see there are 3 screws holding the focus knob bracket against the base of the OTA. Are there any adjustments possible on the feel of

Well Don, in my own personal opinion, I think you're over reacting. To me, your post almost reads like an implied personal threat from you to me. However, I'm going to ignore that. Someone asked

move Well yes and no. You can lock the mirror down, some have come up with mods to do this. Mostly I am speaking from the perspective of just not using the primary focuser: get it close with the

Dan, By not communicating with me directly, using a public forum to discuss this, not even stating what the specific performance problems are and how you tested the performance, it appears that

his performance? No. In fact, I'm going to ask Don to remove it and restore the OTA to its original configuration. - Dan

Hi, Wanted to say Hi. I own a C14, C11, C5... I now have my C14 on a Paramount instead of my G11. The G11 worked good for optical work but for CCD it was too small and I wanted goto. I have

Hi, Wanted to say Hi. I own a C14, C11, C5... I now have my C14 on a Paramount instead of my G11. The G11 worked good for optical work but for CCD it was too small and I wanted goto. I have

Hi Dan, about 6 months ago you wrote that you had Don Clement install his CCF on your C14. Having had some time to use it, are you pleased with its performance? Regards, Gary Dan wrote:

Hi Richard, A Crayford focuser certainly seems like a good idea, and I'll probably get one if my wallet ever recovers. However, I don't understand how this stops "mirror flop". Won't the mirror

will Hmm, I have not used the Optec focal reducers, but the Meade and Celestron ones are really designed for ccd imaging. This is particularly so for the f/3.3. The 3.3ones are notorious for the