Put forceps on the focus bar (yoke) pin so that I could push and pull the mirror. Reattached the lock knob. I knew it would be the only way to freeze the mirror.
Viewed the Moon. Was able to get to focus by pushing and pulling on the forceps.. Yeh, it works!
Attached my old Meade t-adapter. Ha! Canon t-ring. Shot a photo. Tough, with the forceps, to get fine focus.
Tie-wrapped a small finder to the big OTA.
I then ran through the "Easy" align process. A couple of times. It suggested Vega for an alignment star. Very challenging, getting stars without a finder and focusing while the 'scope was nearly vertical. But I finally got it. Rejected a number of the second alignment stars; could see Shedir. Tested the go-to. Seemed fine.
I finished up slewing to Polaris and looking for the faint companion double star. Saw it, even though slightly out of focus. Yellow and blue.
I saw that the collimation was off a bit.
Surprised with the handbox. I found the buttons finicky at times. Very.
I'm satisfied that the optics are OK. The focusing and the lock seem to work. The electronics, again, seem to be fine.
Sent an update.
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