TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore It... Using A Basketball? (FULL VERSION)

This telescope was abused by a previous owners. This is a total restoration of a telescope from the ground up. It was almost ready for the junkyard!
#broken #telescope #restoration

The most wrecked telescope I've ever bought, but in this video you get to the see the transformational process of making it good as new. We disassemble it down to basics and attack the problems one by one. The secret ingredient? A deflated basketball of course.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (SHORTCUTS):
1) Introduction (what's broken):    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
2) Refurbishing the viewfinder:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
3) Repairing the focuser:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
4) Base/Electronics disassembly:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
5) Cleaning the base:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
6) Refurbishing the broken electronics:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
7) Disassembling the tube:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
8) Removing mirror:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
9) Removing trunions:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
10) Removing mirror from cell/washing:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
11) Straightening the lock screw:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
12) Washing the mirror:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
13) Re-assembling the mirror:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
14) Re-assembling the base from scratch:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
15) Installing new feet on base:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
16) Installing electronics and new base plate:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
17) Adding a new two-way bubble level:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
18) Fixing the dents (BASKETBALL):    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
19) Re-painting the inside of the tube:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
20) Re-installing focuser:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
21) Re-installing viewfinder:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
22) Re-installing trunions:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
23) Re-installing the mirror cell:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
24) Re-installing the tube on base:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
25) Re-installing the diagonal mirror:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
26) Collimating:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
27) Re-installing the control knob:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
28) Testing the final product!    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  
29) Special note:    • TELESCOPE is WRECKED! Can I Restore I...  

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