Just a quick poll.Posted By andy campbell |
I did the same as Darrell! I have a friend named Derek who is really into optics. However he really wasn't into telescopes he was into making a tracking missile head or some such nonsense! but anyway I hounded him for a few years about telescope optics and finally one day he showed up at my house with an 8" mirror kit complete with grit and pitch and a book named "ALL ABOUT TELESCOPES" by Sam Brown. over the next few months I ground and polished that glass.I had to parabolize it three times :C because I went to far twice and had to return it to a sphere! I made the spider and fibreglassed the tube and even made a mount from plumbing parts as described in that book. The scope turned out great and I will never get rid of it! Although I currently am using an LX200 12" Classic in my dome I often pull out my 8" in the yard to look at stuff! 8)
Any electrically inclined users out there willing to clue me in on a circuit to make it work from 115 AC and do Reverse?
Those rounded doors can be a bother can't they! I made mine out of 2x6's and door skins and it was challenging!
Just think no more tripping over tripod legs! Not to mention not having to store a tripod with the scope! I have two tripods on my patio and they take up a lot of room. I did notice a Polar alignment feature on your mount are you able to use it that close to the house?
