Re: [APML] STV Questions

[KGKIRKLEY@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/30/02 3:23:11 PM, shekhar@prodigy.net writes:

>No I don't tie up the cable, so that could be a problem.   I guess the
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>ST-4 could move inside the focuser too.  The focuser itself is pretty
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>solid once it's locked down but it has only one screw holding in the 
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>ST-4.
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>See this comment on the Delrin tips:
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>http://astro.umsystem.edu/apml/ARCHIVES/AUG01/msg00376.html
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>Shekhar

Shekhar:
The above info was asked by me and answered by Roland at AP.

I did eventually get Losmandy DR-125 rings, which have delrin tips.
The delrin tips were long (3/8inch) so I removed the screws from the rings 
and gound them down with a belt sander. I left about 3/16 inch sticking out 
of the end of the screw. I figured this would reduce the amount of delrin 
that might expand and contract. I have no flexure problems since.

Kent Kirkley

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