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EP Extender

Started by RobertHowe, 11/29/2003 12:08AM
Posted 11/29/2003 12:08AM Opening Post
Hi all,

Working with a Borg binocular telescope (ED100) most of my eyepieces, including all of the short FL ones, require placement a half inch above their resting position to come into focus. This creates annoyances in collimating the dual eyepieces. I have been all over Anacortes, but the simple device I seek--a 1.25 inch internally threaded half inch extension tube, to extend the useful length of the EP holders--seems not to exist. Any ideas? I could always get O-rings at the local hardware store but that seems inelegant...

Robert Howe

Robert Howe
Wilbraham MA


TeleVue 85 f/7 // Astro-Physics Traveler 105 f/6 // Astro-Physics 130 f/8.35
Coronado 60 DS
"Scopes, Brains and Wisdom--but no Beauty"
Posted 11/30/2003 03:35AM #1
Perhaps you could get a short piece of PVC pipr ( or unions) and cut to fit. Otherwise, you might want to contact Ken Dauzat, as he makes a lot of high-quality things at rasonable prices.

See: http://users.kricket.net/ken