Carton 100mm f/13 "MD" OTA Construction - Laser Alignment of the GSO Crayford Focuser 1-3

 

Setting up for laser alignment of the focuser to the main tube. (Click to see an enlarged image.)

 

Now that the GSO focuser-to-main tube adapter is in position, the GSO Crayford focuser was then mounted to it in preparation to setup and use a Newtonian reflector laser collimator (in the bolt case with black lettering on the top) to align the focuser to the tube's center to effectively center the objective's focal plane. The white target with blue tape shown in the image above will be attached to the objective end of the main tube. The center of the paper target is signified by a small circle with a dot.