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Just got a Meade 8" sct.....the lens cap is a REALLY loose fit, falls right off when the scope is in the down position.
There are 3 tabs that appear to be able to be pushed out to tighten the fit but it's plastic and I dont want to break them off.
Anyone have any ideas to tighten it up?
Was thinking of adding some tape around the edges of the lip to make it tighter.......would it work?
There is this kind of foamy strips with adhesive in one side. You can circle the whole cap or just make three tabs.
路易斯 LG
SCT 6" on a CG4 EQ mount. 8x50 RACI and RDF. 9mm X-Cel LX, 15mm Luminos and 40mm Omni.
Carton Lux 10x42 Binoculars.
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-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
Just about every cap I have ever had was either too loose or too tight requiring all of the fixes above.
The best though was the black shower cap that arrived with my 8 inch DOB.
In front of my wife I put it on my head at a jaunty angle and performed my best impression of a French onion seller. "Zut alors! Sacre bleu!"
Scopes: 200mm f6 DOB:CR 6 150 mm f 7.5 refractor, SW ED 80 mm f 7.5. 2 X 80 mm f7.5 guides.
Mount: AVX.
NexGuide auto guider. Cameras 3 Ti and XS modded. I optron Skytracker.
Motley EP collection.