Was it delivered? I'm interested to see how it came out.
Came yesterday afternoon.
Looks to be in good shape.
Just trying to look everything over & would like to find a manual.
The focus & whatever are just small 1/2 inch knobs that look like aluminum. Tube body is nice heavy aluminum & the plate on the bottom is thick steel. No battery door...have to remove 3 screws. Plastic however is most of the mounting & that's it's weakness.
Traveled well & luckily the big lens is pristine. Front lens cover is heavy screw on metal cap.
Have to try not to tighten it to tight. I had a hard time unscrewing it as the lens in the tube barrel was loosening. Just some things that need tweaking.
The stock eyepiece was rattling & was giving me heart break but I researched CN. Took it apart, It just needed a retaining collar screwed tighter & found it's common & with some help from kind CN.
CN gave me support & so happy it was an easy fix.
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I didn't want to jinx it until I tried it out but yes, it finally got here & thankfully seems to have traveled well. It shipped in its original box inside an outer box. Was padded well. Seller packed it well.
Threw out that long 3X barlow. It was the worst plastic tube you ever saw.
I was surprised that the 5X Svony barlow looks well made.
The other 2 small ep are usable but nothing special.
Hopefully I can figure it out & test it tonight, The motor works but would not use it. The battery panel was clean with no sign of leakage. Well taken care of.
26mm Plossl rubber is pliable & its made in Taiwan. Must be a 1996 ETX the first year.
The finder needed cleaning. It was a China model. Meade transitioned around this time so
luckily I got a Taiwan 26mm.
So far all positive but had to clean the finder. The internal coating flaked & peeled. I took out the black particles & it's clean & usable now.
It is a big relief. So far so good...
Edited by Universe XY, 04 February 2025 - 02:00 PM.