Very typical of some people, the defibulator comment was about the use of the WD-40.
I have seen people do some very strange things thinking that they were going to improve it.
Some people should not be allowed within 100 meters of tools...

 

Some people shouldn't be left out, in my opinion.
I'm going outside to play in the dark,
Terry

 

On hypertuning? I would do it myself too. But it's just me. I know it would be better AND cheaper if I did it myself. This coming winter I plan on just that too.
Terry

 

100% agreed!

I asked you what WD-40 was? What's it mean? Etc. Here's the answer:

Invented for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, WA, it was the 40th prototype invented to be used as a product to use when 'Miss Bubbles the Stewardess' came into the cockpit to serve coffee to the pilot and co-pilot. They hit a 'bUmP' from turbulence - and coffee spilled into the indicators and controls of the aircraft! They needed something to get that crap out/off the wiring and connections, so.....

The 'WD' stands for 'Water-Displacement' #40. It is NOT meant for general lubricating purposes. It hardly leaves any oil behind. It's a very light-fraction of petroleum, which after displacing the liquid from the Miss Bubbles' coffee, evaporates into the air.

You wanted to try it on eyepieces??? Nah - use butter!

 

I'd sooner use Miss Bubbles

 

Thanks for the links Gabby. Great info! I may have to try this on my CG5.
What kind of grease did you use? I have a tube of lithium grease. Heard somewhere it works well on mounts.

 

White lithium grease will work and it takes very little to grease the parts.
I use a grease made by KOS which is not available in North America but is very similar to the white lithium.
I think the only difference is the KOS has a broader temperature range.

 

After looking at a couple videos about hyper-tuning I don't understand why people don't do it themselves; then I remembered my bother-in-law's kitchen remodel. He has the highest countertops I have ever seen anyone ever have in their kitchen. He should never even look at tools.
I looked at the inside of the mounts that wee in some of the videos and if I were working at Meade or Celestron I quit in shame because of how rough their machined surfaces were. I think they used grease in their mounts to take up space. LOL. Yes it was great info on hyper-tuning. One of the issues I have about doing my own work is I am too cheap to buy the parts kit to do the job. I did find out that I can buy a new goto mount that would do everything I want for $399
Terry

 

KOS grease is good but there are some good lubricants here stateside too. Be careful not to use anything too heavy.

 

Astro-Physics and Losmandy use Shell Aero 34 in their mounts.
The rendered zombie fat that is the typical Synta goo used for grease does actually hide many sins of these mounts.
Once you get them cleaned and polished they are quite good with performance.
If you do a search there are threads with the part number available for the better quality ceramic bearings and such.
Much cheaper to buy them yourself.

 

eBay has them, even though I am not a fan of eBay. You can get some very good bearings there. I can say for sure about eBay they claim they have everything, they do not. You can count on paying higher prices on eBay for sure. If you know anyone that wants to purchase a Meade LX70-M6 I found them elsewhere on the Internet. B&H and Adorama have them but you will pay a premium. I found mine for $549 to the door. I probably would have gotten a 8" Vixen or a Skywacker if I couldn't have found the one I bought. You guys have opened up a new area for me in astronomy I have seen some supersizing user reviews with the shorter focal length refractors, you do have issues with aberrations with them. but can you get completely away from that anyway? Personally, I don't usually bother reading reviews from the factory, they claim my Meade mak-cass is a good deep space telescope. They aren't totally incorrect on this you can split doubles and you can see open clusters with it. Planets and the moon are incredible. I can't wait to take a pic with it to show you guys how nice it is to look through. Dave knows because he has a nice mak-cass. Another very nice scope is the Meade AR-5. what a nice planet killer that one is. I'd love to own a 10-12" casseegrain but I will have to find one growing out in the yard for that to happen. One that is a real surprise to me is the ST80. Why did they let that little gem out on the market especially for the price they did. They are scarce as hen's teeth. It's easier to find a 100mm then an ST80 right now.

 

I will have to remember about AeroShell I forgot about Shell lubricants totally. AeroShell 34. I know they used to make an oil I used to use in my old 1946 Harley.

 

I didn't know Astro Physics was still in business.

 

Astro Physics is very much alive and well, I prefer refractors to reflectors.
This is my travel telescope, a 80mm Stellarvue. I use it with a Manfrotto 055Pro tripod and 128RC head.

 

It's subjective

 

My Inbox almost looks like an underwear commercial almost every email heading reads Support.

 

Do you know what the name of the small star field is to the right of Polaris? I see it in my polar scope when I look for Polaris it is one way I use to make sure I near Polaris. I was just wondering if you knew the name of it.

 

Well to the right is a bit subjective as the sky "turns" around Polaris...
Are you using a planetarium program such as Cartes du Ceil or Stellarium?
If not, download either one. They are free programs and will tell you what you are looking for.

 

I have both plus I have a Linux machine, I believe I have Debian Linux on it. Free is great. Anyway I have Kstars on it and everything you an do with Stellarium you can do with Kstars except synthesizing a telescope. I think it's a little more accurate then Stellarium.
Going to bed. It's 2:25 AM here, will talk later today I am falling asleep in a chair. It isn't good for me to do that. I will talk a little more about what I found about building my own goto mount.
Later pretty calf, LOL!!!