As for the azimuth bearings, take a piece of 24 or 26 gauge sheet metal, cut it about 2 inches or 50mm wide about 12 to 16 inches or 355mm long, then get some Velcro use the fuzzy piece and cut a 2inch by 2inch square and the stick that piece to the end of the metal strip. Now spray the Velcro piece with whatever substance you use, the with the Velcro fuzzy side up place it next to one of the 3 plastic bearing with pressure and by hand spin the scope slowly, do it 3 times by going to each plastic bearing, no runs, no drip, no errors.?
? That is a trick Mike Zammit taught me.
Mickey
On Monday, March 17, 2025 at 01:03:36 PM EDT, Gabriel Wiklund via groups.io <gabriel.wiklundholeshot@...> wrote:
Thank you Mickey! Actually i did just that for the altitude bearings, but for the azimuth i could not access the surface with a cloth so i "cheated" but i know not to take corners again, not worth the risk!