> Well shucks....
>
> I broke down and traided my 8" LX-50 for a 10 " LX-200 today. OPT gave me a
> good deal on everything, so it was worth the 9 hour round trip drive. Even
> in my tank that only gets 9 MPG...lol
>
> Well, I tossed the scope up on the SuperWedge mounted on my concrete pier in
> the front yard. Walked through the polar alignment in the book, selected
> Mars and hit GOTO. Smack dab in the middle of the EP. To Cool! What have
> I been missing!?!?
>
> Over to M57...right there again!
>
> Now a problem....there seems to be a couple pieces of aluminium chips in the
> tube, I can see them kind of setting on the side of the tube when looking
> through the corrector plate. They are not on the optics yet, but I think if
> I leave them in there they may end up on the optics eventually. I could
> return the scope, or I could send the scope to Meade, but how hard is it to
> remove the corrector plate and get at these things myself? Anyone done this
> before?
>
> TIA
> Darrell
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Darrell:

I had the same chips in my 10" f/10 LX200. Do not remove the corrector
plate. Obtain a wood dowel about 18" long, attach a piece of string 12"
long to the dowel, attach a piece of cellophane tape to the end of the
string not attached to the dowel, and rotate the dowel until the string is
wound up. Next, move the telescope back and forth until the chips are
between the baffle and the corrector plate. Then put the dowel through the
eyepiece adaptor and fish out the chips.

Don

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