From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@mac.com>

Date: May 1, 2008 10:06:59 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: Jupiter..

Dear Perry, My brother suggested plastic tipped metal screws as being the go he thought, because the plastic ones are just so obviously flimsy. The finder probably needs something softer on it`s surface than metal. I just haven`t been near a nuts and bolts or hardware shop to look yet! Mark.

On 01/05/2008, at 11:14 PM, hpholcomb wrote:

Mark,

I find that I have to realign the 7X50 finder on my VMC200L

catadioptric more frequently that I'd like to.

To minimize realigning effort, I replaced the small thumbscrews and

Allen-head setscrews with something similar to "Bob's Knobs".  Got

them at Lowe's.  Turns out that the rear set of set screws needed more

length anyway for easier adjustment.  I'm not going back to the others!!

Perry

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