This will be my next restoration project for the Winter of 2003
to bring it back to life. Fortunately, the mirrors are in good shape with over 85% of the original coatings. The optics are excellent!
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| Meade Model 826C This will be my next restoration project for the Winter of 2003 |
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| This telescope sat outside for years and full restoration is needed to bring it back to life. Fortunately, the mirrors are in good shape with over 85% of the original coatings. The optics are excellent! |
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| Lots of rust here! | |||||||||||||||||||
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| This is the original motor drive. It's not a serviceable unit but it was frozen and I decided to try and repair it. After a thorough cleaning and soaking the gear assembly in synthetic gear oil, it is now as good as new! This is a nice motor with a built in clutch so you can make corrections in RA manually via a knob on the worm gear. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The tube needs some work but it's repairable and should be good as new! | |||||||||||||||||||
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