Ages ago someone gave me a Bushnell Voyager 78-9675. It has sat in a box in my basement collecting dust for quite some time, so this weekend I thought I would dig it out and see if it was all in there. It is not. It is missing, at the very least, the cradle and the counterweight shaft, and various screws, and probably other bits, plus the dust cover was not really on it when I opened the box. Is there anything worthwhile I can do with this or should I call the recycler?
francopoli kleinbl00 and anyone else who has any ideas?
Edit: I'm not looking for telescope buying advice (yet). I have a crusty but serviceable Meade that I am still trying to figure out how to work and once I get that sorted, then I will refer back to purchasing advice, but will ask again because I am sure you will have updates.
I just wanted to know if this thing was useful in a non-buildable (by me) state for anything or if maybe my local observatory could repair it easily and let little kids mess with it. I mean, if it wasn't missing the counterweight shaft I could probably "engineer" it back together myself with some bits from the hardware store and give it to my cousin for his son or something.