Ive managed to get my finderscope working, after three separate attempts. A few nights ago, I almost had it lined up with the scope but the clouds set in and I couldn't see anything in the sky. Then last night, I took my scope out again and got the finder lined up almost perfectly. However, its still a tiny bit out and I can't seem to get it absolutely spot on. The knob on top of the finder (for moving it up and down) let me align it to almost spot on and then it wouldn't go any further. I tried moving the knob around in the opposite direction but that made the finder go down instead of up (I needed it to go up slightly). If I have the finder on the 'cross' mode, its not too bad, as the star I was focusing on was touching the top of the vertical part of the cross. I tried moving the knob on the side of the finder aswell but this only made it move down towards the left or right.

Anyone got any ideas on how to align the finder perfectly? I will give it another try tonight and see what happens. Would it have something to do with the trusses? Do I need to swap them around? Apart from the finder not aligning properly, I had lots of fun with my scope last night. I got to see Saturn (although it was a bit fuzzy as it was low in the sky), the Jewel Box in the Southern Cross and the Tarantula Nebula (although there was too much light pollution to see it clearly).

Just another question: Do you cover your trusses? As in, cover each truss individually? Also, my Lightbridge has a screw at the bottom of the mount, that holds the two round parts together (with the rotating part inbetween each round part). The screw is sticking out at the bottom, without a washer on it. I haven't had any problems with it coming apart or anything but do I need to put a washer on it?