Re: [ATM] Alternatives to double-sided foam tape

[Mike Lockwood <melockwo@uiuc.edu>]

Bruce,

If it's like the Quickfinder mounting brackets I have (square, 
plastic) there's a small countersunk hole in the center of the plastic 
mounting bracket for a quickfinder.

Get a 6/32 x 1/2" machine screw and nut.  (Use a longer bolt if you 
need to, but 1/2" should work.)  Drill a hole in the tube where you 
want the base and install it with the bolt and nut.  Don't overtighten.

	Mike Lockwood


Bruce MacDonald wrote:
> Hi, all...
> I have a Rigel Quikfinder attached to the OTA w/ the supplied double-sided tape.
> 
> I keep my equipment in my garage.  It is cool there -- well sometimes
> COLD.  I had been keeping the finder on the scope, but recently I
> noticed that that foam tape had given way, and the finder was on the
> floor.  Unhurt, fortunately.
> 
> To the question:
> What other means are there by which I can attach it more-or-less
> permanently, but still removable, and safer than double-sided tape?
> 
> Secondly,
> When I've finally settled on where on the OTA I want to mount it
> permanently, is it safe to just go ahead and drill through the tube? 
> I have a drill press, but I have previously always had a piece of wood
> behind what I was drilling.  I've never drilled though a piece of pipe
> this large.  The tube is a piece of aluminum (I think) irrigation pipe
> about 11" in diameter.  It can be deformed by too much pressure, and
> I'm concerned that w/o a backing piece, drilling through it w/ the
> drill press will damage the tube by distorting it.  I'm really crappy
> at freehand drilling, so I'd prefer the drillpress for this.

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