I just lucked upon a 10" Meade Starfinder EQ in excellent shape. I got it for $275 and it includes the heavy duty original EQ mount with Parallax rings and digital setting circles (Meade Magellin I), a telrad, 8x50 finder, collimation kit, and believe it or not, a JMI NGF-DX3 focuser that was mounted on it and looks like brand new. I took a peek at some stars and jupiter and the optics seem great.
Now, the thing is, the mount is huge, heavy and out of control. I would like to take the tube with the JMI, telrad, finder, etc and build a Dob base for it and sell the rest in the classifieds.
I have a woodshop and a supply of baltic birch. Does anyone have a decent plan for doing such a thing. I have a Hardin DSH-8 dob and I guess I could model it after that but I would have to figure out how to duplicate the round plastic pivot points mounted on the tube.
Any ideas or some plans would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Scott
Now, the thing is, the mount is huge, heavy and out of control. I would like to take the tube with the JMI, telrad, finder, etc and build a Dob base for it and sell the rest in the classifieds.
I have a woodshop and a supply of baltic birch. Does anyone have a decent plan for doing such a thing. I have a Hardin DSH-8 dob and I guess I could model it after that but I would have to figure out how to duplicate the round plastic pivot points mounted on the tube.
Any ideas or some plans would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Scott
