Cleaning eyepieces

I need your help quickly! I borrowed a friends eyepiece that he said
was real good. After using it for a few nights, I noticed that there
were some smudges and dust on it. Not wanting to get in trouble with
my friend, I brought it to the lab and sonicated it. What I didn't
know was that it wasn't airtight!!

How do I empty the eyepiece of soapy water now?

How do I empty the eyepiece of soapy water now?

Put it in a microwave oven on high for about 5 mins.

-Florian

How do I empty the eyepiece of soapy water now?

Put it in a microwave oven on high for about 5 mins.

-Florian



Funny but it might be a real situation... I once put an ortho through the
washer accidentally.

And then for you astromarters, here is the guy who tried to take his Panoptic
Apart complete with pictures....

http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=162219&page=

jon

"Jon Isaacs" wrote in message
...
And then for you astromarters, here is the guy who tried to take his
Panoptic
Apart complete with pictures....

http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=162219&page=

HeeHee. Reminds me of my days doing musical instrument repair. Somebody
would take their saxophone apart to clean it, and then not be able to put it
back together. We would spot them as they got out of the car: sax case in 1
hand, brown paper bag (containing the parts) in the other. Somebody at the
front of the store would call out "Saxophone in a bag!"

It happened often enough that we had a standardized price for putting it
back together.

Clear Skies,
Craig in Tampa

"Jon Isaacs" wrote in message
...
And then for you astromarters, here is the guy who tried to take his
Panoptic
Apart complete with pictures....

http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=162219&page=

HeeHee. Reminds me of my days doing musical instrument repair. Somebody
would take their saxophone apart to clean it, and then not be able to put it
back together. We would spot them as they got out of the car: sax case in 1
hand, brown paper bag (containing the parts) in the other. Somebody at the
front of the store would call out "Saxophone in a bag!"

It happened often enough that we had a standardized price for putting it
back together.

Clear Skies,
Craig in Tampa

How do I empty the eyepiece of soapy water now?

Put it in a microwave oven on high for about 5 mins.

-Florian



Funny but it might be a real situation... I once put an ortho through the
washer accidentally.

And then for you astromarters, here is the guy who tried to take his Panoptic
Apart complete with pictures....

http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=162219&page=

jon

BigKhat wrote:
I need your help quickly! I borrowed a friends eyepiece that he said
was real good. After using it for a few nights, I noticed that there
were some smudges and dust on it. Not wanting to get in trouble with
my friend, I brought it to the lab and sonicated it. What I didn't
know was that it wasn't airtight!!

How do I empty the eyepiece of soapy water now?

Take it apart, clean very gently with alcohol, let dry,
put it back together correctly. Then, keep it for yourself
and buy him a new eyepiece of better quality and give it
to him and say - That eyepiece was junk, I think you should
have a better quality one.

Steve

In article , Steve
Sherman wrote:

Then, keep it for yourself
and buy him a new eyepiece of better quality and give it
to him and say - That eyepiece was junk, I think you should
have a better quality one.

Too bad it was a Zeiss Abbe Ortho.

--
Joe Bergeron

http://www.joebergeron.com

In article , Steve
Sherman wrote:

Then, keep it for yourself
and buy him a new eyepiece of better quality and give it
to him and say - That eyepiece was junk, I think you should
have a better quality one.

Too bad it was a Zeiss Abbe Ortho.

--
Joe Bergeron

http://www.joebergeron.com

Best advice of the bunch. Second best - research before doing. I was just
reading - again - how to clean eyepieces properly.

"Steve Sherman" wrote in message
t...
How do I empty the eyepiece of soapy water now?

Take it apart, clean very gently with alcohol, let dry,
put it back together correctly. Then, keep it for yourself
and buy him a new eyepiece of better quality and give it
to him and say - That eyepiece was junk, I think you should
have a better quality one.

Steve