Desperate help needed...12" LX200 Classic (OTA par

I'm looking for a baffle tube for the 12" LX200 classic model. Not the entire OTA or rear cell - just the baffle tube. If that is not an option, I'm open to the OTA.

If anyone has a very broken 12" OTA I'm interested. I don't need the mirror, corrector or even the blue tube. I just need the rear cell and baffle tube to be intact. By "intact" I mean not screwed up at all.

The one that WAS attached to my rear cell was bent and flat in one area. The rear cell was baked at 800 degrees to burn off the adhesive and that still wasn't enough to remove it... It's been cut out from the rear cell.

Some one, some where MUST know where I can get one or even if Meade will sell one. They've got them - but parting with them might not be easy.

I've torn this scope down for a total rebuild. I've stripped the paint off the tube and polished it. I've had the front and rear cells soda blasted so I'm not stopping now.

The scope is ready to go to get powder coated (locally) but I can't proceed until this is found and repaired.

Please, please, please help!



Thanks,

Phil Godfrey
St. Louis, MO

philgodfrey @ charter . net (retype the address - don't copy and paste, there are tons of hidden characters so spam bots can't pick up my address...just remove the spaces where appropriate)

314-607-5822 (cell)

Paul: I don't have a rear baffle for you. A couple of thoughts:

- Contact Dr. Clay Sherrod, he does a lot of work on Meade SCTs and may have a spare for you.

http://www.arksky.org/supercharge.htm

- Don Rothman of Teletrade has a lot of stuff, contacting him would be worth a try even if it doesn't show up in his catalog.

http://astronomy-mall.com/astro.parts.outlet/

- If no one has one and you have enough left of the old one, a competent machinist could machine one.

Jon