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Re: 6x telescope does not fit AstraIIIb snuggly
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Apr 17, 07:17 -0400
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Apr 17, 07:17 -0400
The 6 x 30 scope you received should have been marked Cassens & Plath, not Weems & Plath. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The knob you refer to has a screw on its end which secures it to the shaft. Take the knob off and add one or more small washers to make up the difference. Re-install the knob. That should work, until KG returns with a better answer. Joel Jacobs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Thompson"To: Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 4:36 AM Subject: 6x telescope does not fit AstraIIIb snuggly > I ordered a 6x telescope for my AstraIIIb sextant. Celestaire sent a Weems > & Cassens scope. The hold-down knob on the bolt that secures the telescope > to the sextant frame does not screw down all the way to grip the telescope > securely, so it is quite loose. The tab that the hold-down knob pinches is > 1/16" thinner on the 6x telescope than on the standard 3.5x telescope that > came with the AstraIIIb, and the bolt for the hold-down knob is not threaded > far enough. The expert at Celestaire who can resolve this is away. Does > anyone have any insight to this problem? Maybe I could just build up the > empty space with a couple of stainless washers? Thanks. > > Jim Thompson > jim2@jimthompson.net > www.jimthompson.net > Outgoing mail scanned by Norton Antivirus > -----------------------------------------