Disassembling a Meade SCT OTA

ariefm71 · Post by **ariefm71** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:14 pm

i fully flocked my 7" newt using protostar flocking paper...
you can get cheaper material from bras basah art & craft center.

Post by **Airconvent** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:50 pm

Hi Gavin
Nice of you to share your experience here.
I've made this a sticky as I think its very useful although I do want to caution that unless you are sure what you are doing, you may kill the collimation instead of solving the problem...take care...

BTW, Wira did open up is LX200 just for fun (too see if it can be done) at a time when he is very free...of course these days he is so busy no one has seen him for months !

ariefm71 · Post by **ariefm71** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:36 am

actually collimation is the least of the problem since you'll need to collimate it anyway (sct collimation is very easy), the risk is actually pinching the optics when you put back the corrector.

ALPiNe · Post by **ALPiNe** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:33 am

Hi Gavin,

starfinder wrote:He said that to tackle fungus, he had to use "Shell X55", which is somekind of white spirit, to remove and kill the fungus growth.

Is this 'Shell X55' solution suitable for use on all types of telescopes or only for selected ones? Also, is 'Shell X55' sold locally? Hope you can enlighten me on these. Thanks!

Cheers,
:cheers:
- ALPiNe

starfinder · Post by **starfinder** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:49 pm

Hi Alpine,

Well, I've related what he told me about what he did using Shell X55. I don't know more about that. Perhaps a search on the net might yield some clues, or you can try calling Shell in Singapore.