Lennie the Lurker wrote:
"Loren A. Coe" wrote in message news:xGs%b.66200$4o.87437@attbi_s52...

especially since I only pay $10 each.) Mechanical stage is always a
plus, and if it doesn't have one, and the stage fingers, those two
little clips, are missing, pass on it. They're made of the finest
unobtanium. (IF some enterprising person wants to do it, there's a

what's so difficult about these? you just mean that no one manufactures
them? the little clips on this Celestron 4030 (fixed stage) work very
well and could not possibly be expensive to produce. or do you mean
the metal or finish on lab grade clips is the real problem?

these appear to be a springy ss, mounted on posts w/coil springs. this
scope is likely going back to Fry's, the ep is a very narrow field,
and the none of the optics are coated (as claimed on the box) but it
has been really impressive otherwise. nice dual focus, large stage,
parafocal, and precise turret function. thanks again, --Loren

good market for replacements for B&L and AO, and most don't care if
they're $15 each. Without them, scopes that don't have a mechanical
stage are almost useless.) Eyepiece barrel diameter and objective
lens threads are standardized, nothing else is.