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Adding handles to the 18 inch Dob.

Last post by pakarinen « Sun May 03, 2020 11:28 am
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by NGC 1365 » Sun May 03, 2020 6:54 am

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Added some handles and wheels to my 18 inch dob yesterday. Wheels that are shown on it are temporary till the larger ones that I ordered arrive....

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Didn’t realize one could buy steel wheelbarrow handles. My first thought was you had bent some electrical conduit. Nice!

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Last post by pakarinen
Sun May 03, 2020 11:28 am
Mirror cell upgrade for an 18 inch dob.

Last post by NGC 1365 « Sun May 03, 2020 6:04 am
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by NGC 1365 » Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:04 am

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I do a few ATM projects every year and this year I decided to upgrade the mirror cell of my 18 inch F4.5 scope and to build an 8 inch binoscope. Both...

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HI Matt, the wiffle tree edge support in my case works noticeably better than the belt sling and the glatter sling. Stars are tighter even down low...

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Last post by NGC 1365
Sun May 03, 2020 6:04 am
foucault considerations

Last post by OzEclipse « Fri Dec 13, 2019 4:51 am
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by bobsorenson » Fri Nov 15, 2019 4:27 am

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Hello!
I have two big mirrors I want to work on. This whole project is kind of off the wall and I am quite the noob at all of it.

The mirrors; 24 f3...

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Now I am unable to get the mirror face illuminated.....I think because it needs to be polished, the surface is quite matte.
So, 25 micron, 12 m and...

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Last post by OzEclipse
Fri Dec 13, 2019 4:51 am
8 inch Binocular telescope build.

Last post by Peter802 « Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:55 am
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by NGC 1365 » Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:00 am

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The other project this year was an 8 inch F5 binoscope utilising two GSO mirrors bought about 7 years apart ( and the focal length difference between...

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A nice project. Wish you good fortune with it.

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Last post by Peter802
Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:55 am
Cheap refractor glass any good?

Last post by gregl « Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:29 pm
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by gregl » Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:16 am

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Are the objective lenses in the cheap refractors any good? Just thinking. As we know, the cheapo scopes sold in big box stores usually have terrible...

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Thanks, JG . :handgestures-salute:

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Last post by gregl
Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:29 pm
need help with stepper motor problems

Last post by KathyNS « Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:44 pm
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by VenusAstronomer » Mon Sep 30, 2019 12:25 pm

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Hi folks -
so - I posted this last Friday and haven't had any responses so far. I am wondering if I maybe put it into the wrong category; DIY, other....

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I replied on the other thread.

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Last post by KathyNS
Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:44 pm
some temptations are too cruel

Last post by yobbo89 « Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:43 pm
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by mcolbert » Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:32 am

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I am seriously trying to figure out how I could get my hands on this;

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i think it cost about $900 to $1000 to just coat a mirror that size

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Last post by yobbo89
Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:43 pm
Sourcing plans and parts for a bath interferometer

Last post by Kanadalainen « Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:31 pm
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by Kanadalainen » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:05 pm

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This person making and selling this stuff is a member of an interferometry group that I subscribe to (interferometry@groups.io)

You can build an...

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Hi Yobbo,

Yes! You can always check up on the mirrors already in your hands (like that skywatcher in your armamentum) which is fun as well.

Ian

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Last post by Kanadalainen
Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:31 pm
9.5 mirror -- 2nd try at posting

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:15 pm
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by BABOafrica » Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:29 pm

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I just finished an f/7.5 9.5in mirror and loaded it into the OTA. The mirror is NOT coated yet. Just glass. Well, the secondary is coated but not the...

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Thanks BABO,

Good to know about the Ronchi test equipment. I have most of that stuff. Will any wavelength LED work fine?

I'm starting on a...

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:15 pm
What DIY project did you work on this week?

Last post by Lokifish « Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:32 pm
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by Rainmaker » Sun May 12, 2019 6:41 am

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I am sure there are a myriad little DIY projects out there that will give ideas and guidance to others:

For me DIY has been a necessary evil, though...

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While it was technically done last week, here's a junk bin 2 wide field eyepiece. It uses edge chipped objectives from a pair of old 7x35 binos, the...

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Last post by Lokifish
Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:32 pm
now this is tempting

Last post by mcolbert « Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:53 am
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by mcolbert » Mon Jul 29, 2019 2:02 am

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a 20cm dia!

and there TWO of them!!!!

Binocular project anyone?? I would just be happy fixing them up, but as I said to my wife, imagine the...

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one of the reasons to have a very active DIY group close by. ;)

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Last post by mcolbert
Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:53 am
finally managed a lunar image: 9.5" mirror first light

Last post by Juno16 « Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:38 pm
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by BABOafrica » Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:55 pm

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The title says it all.

Here are two different images I got of the moon last night using my (not-yet-coated) 9.5 mirror, which I described in...

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Very nice images Joe!

Looks like you have a keeper there!

Thanks,
Jim

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Last post by Juno16
Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:38 pm
Surplus Shed refractor objective sale

Last post by OleCuss « Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:06 pm

by OleCuss » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:06 pm

Surplus Shed is on their 2nd (and last) day of a sale of achromatic refractor objectives. If one is interested in building out a refractor it might...

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Last post by OleCuss
Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:06 pm
Sources for finished mirrors?

Last post by mcolbert « Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:39 am
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by OleCuss » Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:16 am

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I may end up having a Newtonian made. If I go this way I need to source a really nice mirror. It'll probably be an 8 , F/6.

I've not even looked at...

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oops! Roger????? I meant Gordon. ;)

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Last post by mcolbert
Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:39 am
9.5 mirror & scope

Last post by Bigzmey « Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:59 am
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by BABOafrica » Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:13 pm

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I just finished an f/7.5 9.5in mirror and loaded it into the OTA. The mirror is NOT coated yet. Just glass. Well, the secondary is coated but not the...

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Fun project! Good luck!

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Last post by Bigzmey
Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:59 am
bath interferometer

Last post by BABOafrica « Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:17 am
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by Kanadalainen » Sun May 12, 2019 12:56 pm

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I am putting together some plans for a bath interferometer.

Just because it looks like an accurate way to measure mirror quality, to ridiculous...

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I'll be posting my results for my bath test in a thread shortly.

Dale can give you all the info you need.

BABO

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Last post by BABOafrica
Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:17 am
First home made DOB

Last post by mcolbert « Sun May 26, 2019 11:04 pm
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by helicon » Mon May 20, 2019 3:09 pm

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I'd like to tell the story of my first Dob.

First of all, I was introduced to the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers and John Dobson at the age of...

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Probably my most scary speech was my oral exam when I was getting my doctorate. You had to defend your dissertation in front of the assembled...

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Sun May 26, 2019 11:04 pm

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