There were several cases where the long EQ stops didn't perform as expected.

In one type of case, we used a counterweight at the front of the adapter but not in the back leaving a recess where the lower back EQ stop should touch.

In the other type, a recess in the thick optics adapter prevented the upper EQ stop from touching the adapter. In the first thick optic, the screw was screw barely scratched the recess' corner. In the second case, it didn't touch it at all.

In the last group meeting, we discussed using Peek screws (made out of plastic) to prevent metal on metal bumping when the EQ can touch the adapter and Peek nuts when it doesn't to increase its impact area.

Mcmaster has 1.5" long 1/4-20 screws (part number 98885A131) that will fit well in the OSEM plates. We can order 20 of those.

The biggest Peek nuts on Mcmaster however are not big enough (7/16" wide) to cover the entire bottom recess area which is 0.5" wide (they are good enough for the top recess area in the thick adapter optic design). Koji suggested that we can use a big Peek washer for that purpose that can be held between nuts. We should then order 10 Peek nuts (98886A813) and 1 package of 10 Peek washers (0.63" OD) (93785A600).