Telescope Assembly
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Connect a 28.5" piece of 3" PVC to one side of a 3" tee, on the other side connect a 3" cleanout adapter with female threads. Take a 3" cap and connect a 3" piece of 3" PVC to it, this will be a cover for the remaining side of the tee, do not cement it to the tee. Take the optical tube assembly, remove the lens cap, and twist off the light shield. Remove the bracket holding the pinion gear, remove the gear and focusing assembly. Remove the knob that can be unscrewed from the focusing assembly, this will not be used. Obtain two Hoover vacuum cleaner belts B-20, type 48 (Home Depot Part Number 074999020202 ).
Cut a section out of the belts so they will just snap over the optical Tube Assembly, super glue the belts back together. Install one of the belts on the lens end of the optical tube assembly, then push the assembly through the cleanout adapter, tee, and 28.5" PVC, in that direction. Let the optical tube assembly extended a couple inches beyond the tube, then install the other belt and pull the optical tube assembly back into the PVC until the focuser is centered in the tee, the belts will end up near each end of the optical tube assembly. The optical tube assembly will still be extended about a half inch from the end. Turn the optical tube assembly so that the pinion gear and shilf with one knob can be reinstalled with the bracket. After the shaft with one knob has been installed turn the optical tube assembly so the knob is accessible in the tee.
Install a .965" to 1.25" eyepiece adapter, because the 60mm telescope came with a .965" eyepiece holder. This worked out ok because the eyepiece is extended beyond the 3" cleanout adapter when the rear projection section is removed, giving easy access to the eyepiece. Install a 1" length of 3" PVC inside of a 3" PVC coupling. The light shield from the optical tube assembly is pushed into the 3" PVC coupling, the top end first, until the ridge on the shield meets the 1” length of 3" PVC inside of the coupling. This is installed, but not cemented, on top of the optical tube assembly and the 28.5" PVC giving access to the optical tube assembly for adjustment.
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