Options Please

[Ibbo]

Today was to be my first good run out of the year, but disaster has struck ,while attempting a slight mod I have dropped the pst etalon and it has de contacted hmy: also scratched as well

so I now have the 80mm Vixen the ERF the blocking filter but no eta

do I try and find another PST to butcher or what are the other options ??????


tia


Steve

[swisswalter]

Hi Steve

I'm so sorry the hear that. I guess it is almost not possible to fix the decontacted etalon yourself and if you have to send it in, it will cost almost as much as a second hand PST . I made already the experience that not even profs could fix a decontacted etalon. Sorry for not having better news

[Ibbo]

I kind of thought that would be the case


Steve

[colinsk]

I am collecting decontacted etalons. If you give up on it please contact me at colink at designerinlight dot com. I am looking for the practice of contacting.

[marktownley]

That's a sh!tter Steve Ofcourse, you could ressemble it all and then tell your insurance company how you dropped it... Am I allowed to say that :whistle:

[robert]

I decontacted my LS75 and as it was only one or two of the spacers that had popped it was just a matter of a gentle squeeze to recontact it. If the plates have not moved you might be lucky like this.You would need to remove one of the collimating lenses to apply the pressure to the plates.
Robert

[Merlin66]

Bumma!
You know you're not supposed to drop these things!!!
I agree with Mark...try an insurance claim...that's what you paid all those annual premiums for....

[Ibbo]

Thanks for the support guys

I would consider the insurance option if I had the rest of the PST

Steve