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The joys of cable management!, Pam Whitfield

The joys of cable management!

The joys of cable management!, Pam Whitfield

The joys of cable management!

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I have a presentation to do in a couple of months so I thought I'd better make the setup look a bit more professional and lose the multi-coloured 'Smartie-like' velcro straps holding everything together on the OTA.

A couple of dovetails later, tracking down the correct threaded bolts for the tube rings (who'd think something bought in the US using M6 metric ?! :-0 ) and some industrial-strength self-adhesive black velcro later and it's all back together.

Needed to test it as the PC stick cover started to come off when removing the PC-stick from the velcro to reposition it!

Other then esthetics I can now rotate the focusser such that the weight of the motor acts as a counterweight to the bulge of the filterwheel rather than adding to it.

Result = better balance :-)

Now I just need a clear night to see if it gives me better guiding as well as looking less like a toddler put it together......

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