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Post by Dragon Man on Feb 22, 2014 13:19:32 GMT
Scott, for flocking material, head to Spotlight. They sell A4 sheets of self-adhesive black flocking material. It works great.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 13:14:16 GMT
Thanks Ken Spotlight its gonna be....
Do you know what they call the flocking material as I have been to their website and can't see any self adhesive sheets....
Are they a black felt material because that does show up....
Will ask at the shop itself in person...
Thanks again.
Scott
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 15:51:44 GMT
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Post by Dragon Man on Feb 24, 2014 13:52:16 GMT
Yes Scott, they call it Self-Adhesive Felt or Self-Adhesive Velour at Spotlight. It's usually stashed away in the Craft section. If you buy the same product through a telescope shop it's called Self-Adhesive Flocking Same product.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2014 12:35:50 GMT
It's been a while but I am pleased to report that the flocking of the telescope inner surface went without a hitch....
6 A4 sheets of self adhesive black felt obtained from Spotlight did the trick....
Unfortunately the same can't be said about the primary and secondary mirrors !!!
Initially told not enough mirrors in the shop to do a realuminizing run, I rang them 3 weeks ago to follow up and they said would possibly do a run the following week....
After dropping them in there was a delay starting then apparently a number of mirrors in the batch (including mine of course) were proving difficult in the removal of the old protective layer process.
They stated that the chemical soak used would continue to be used until the coating was fully removed and so as to avoid manual or mechanical scuffing of the optics thus preventing any mishaping.
Yesterday was told maybe Saturday or Monday next for pickup..
I hope so.... also still waiting for clock drive....
I will just have to wait
Thanks skull
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2014 14:33:09 GMT
These things are a bit frustrating Scott, but they happen. At least they are not attempting a rushed and maybe botched job. The wait will be worth it I'm sure.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2014 14:41:18 GMT
Nice to see an old scope get a new lease on life. I plan on doing the same with an older scope from craigslist next winter. Good tip on the felt from craft stores.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2014 19:39:22 GMT
These things are a bit frustrating Scott, but they happen. At least they are not attempting a rushed and maybe botched job. The wait will be worth it I'm sure. Hi Allan,
Not sure why this is happening for you but I use both at the same time without issue.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2014 21:02:34 GMT
These things are a bit frustrating Scott, but they happen. At least they are not attempting a rushed and maybe botched job. The wait will be worth it I'm sure. Hi Allan,
Not sure why this is happening for you but I use both at the same time without issue.
Wrong thread Karl.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2014 17:25:42 GMT
Just a quick update, Unfortunately still no joy with the mirrors but no matter what they should be worth waiting for.... When checking on the clock drive my order was cancelled due to the fact it was a Celestron make sourced from America and as such due to warranty issues seeing I am based in Australia they couldn't supply it to me so I would need to get it locally... Seemed odd but I have heard of this with some other items but it isn't the normal situation on most things I would suppose... Will get either the Orion unit with hand controller either the EQ-1M or EQ-2M or the Skywatcher MD-EQ1 or MD-EQ2 when I find out which one works with my RA Axis worm wheel which is 144 teeth in number. Does anyone know which one is designed for the 144 tooth gearing and not the 96, 100 and other ones so it runs at proper speed.Anyway I just had to take the telescope outside tonight (minus its mirrors) to get the hang of my new Telrad and 9x50 Right-Angle Correct Image Finderscope setup which I have tried to get better balance and usefulness and it works great. The photo below shows the flocking that was done but the flash from the camera doesn't do it justice as it is really black inside. The telescope decked out and looking quite smart... Now from behind Action Central ( I am getting carried away just a little bit).... Will return when I have news on the mirrors or if anyone can shed light on the clock drive issue. Thanks skull
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 9, 2014 10:38:30 GMT
The flocking works good Scott. Bit of a pain getting it down inside the tube though wasn't it Sorry mate, I can't help with the 144 teeth bit.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2014 16:43:20 GMT
At last, The mirrors are back The clock drive finishes off the project along with my handy work to adapt the drive to my mount. The photos show that I drilled 2 holes through the mount to secure the drive and it appears to work well. Unfortunately the photo shows up the old peeling paint on the mount but thats another day... I will post my first light experience shortly. Thanks skull
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2014 17:52:08 GMT
Wow scott thats great! Bet your delighted! Good luck with first light
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2014 17:52:30 GMT
First Light with the rebuilt scope
Well of all nights to try out the the new setup a full moon swamps the sky... Now the objects I observed with the scope to get a feel for its performance were obviously the moon which was proceeded by the Orion Nebula and Jupiter, the Jewel box cluster and Omega Centauri and later Mars and Saturn. I will leave Eta Carinae and Deep Sky stuff such as Centaurus A and Crab Nebula for moonless nights. The 25mm Kellner eyepiece with 36x magnification showed very clear renditions of all the above with the 12.5mm Widefield Orthoscopic at 72x and 6mm Orthoscopic at 150x giving great views of Jupiter and Saturn. The old Barlow lens was a shocker with a lot of false colour evident. The new found tracking supplied by the Orion EQ-1M motor drive was greatly appreciated especially the push button hand controller which took away the worry I had in in giving up the original slow motion cable. The subject was kept in the centre of the the field of view for easy steady viewing in the low power eyepiece but only for a short period as the power was increased which although acceptable for visual observing would be a problem with astrophotography. My polar alignment was only rough and some of the the drift could be associated with that although the Orion rep on live chat stated that the drive was designed for a 140 tooth RA gear wheel and mine is 144 which I wouldn't think would make too much difference anyway. Maybe there is a variable resistor that can be adjusted or a mod that can be applied for more accuracy but I may tweak the polar alignment before that as the benefit of the drive already has made observing more fun.... Anyway its been fun doing this revamp and now I intend to rediscover this faithful old friend again with its new lease of life... Thanks for your interest along the way. skull
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2014 20:41:53 GMT
Congratulations Scott,
Great story and I chuffed you got there in the end, well done and enjoy!
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Post by davy on Mar 17, 2014 22:13:44 GMT
Great write up Scott Scope looking good and your goal achieved in getting the old lady dolled up again. .davy
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2014 23:56:38 GMT
Great job on the resurrection of this scope. Most clock drives have a adjustable POT to tweak the tracking, however I am not familiar with this particular drive.
Again, great job. Its always fun to give new life to an old toy!
Hemmi
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