nightstalker
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Started about 3 weeks back and have allowed a year to get it done The ply is a laminate of 2x 12 mm (plantation pine ) I believe.
planning to use moonlite connecters if I can track down some tube to suit the inserts(australia) .. have a 2.6 " secondary ..unsure of a primary mirror cell yet or were I'll get the mirror from.. just time .. and money
10 " dob for scale ..patiently waiting for dark and scorpius to rise .
take care and thanks for looking
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32tv plossl ,13 ethos,8.5xf
12" truss dob and numerous missplaced accesories...graham
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nightstalker
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one more
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32tv plossl ,13 ethos,8.5xf
12" truss dob and numerous missplaced accesories...graham
Edited by nightstalker (06/12/07 05:56 AM)
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Terry1229
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Looks great!
Keep us all posted 
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Biff
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A year to get it done?? LOL I usually panic on my projects and try to get it done by next Friday. At least you're sensibly realistic, I'm slowly learning to take my time and not to rush it and let it get done when it's done.
Looks like a great project. Make sure you keep us up to date!
Ryan
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Ryan
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rboe
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He's going about it faster than mine. 
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Ron
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Pronto
16" dob
127mm F9 Surplus Shed/Crawmach kit scope
Coronado SolarMax 40 on a Celestron 102 Wide Field
Best of ATM
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nightstalker
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thanks for the kind words .. the timeline is more about the wife not looking to close at this in dollar terms
the several hundred I mentioned needs to have a primary
added on sometime 
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32tv plossl ,13 ethos,8.5xf
12" truss dob and numerous missplaced accesories...graham
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Fiske
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Yeah. It is not that ATM projects necessarily save money, but they sure help avoid sticker shock that might aversely affect one's spouse... 
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Fiske Miles
Nikon 8x42 LX / 12x50 SE Binos
Mini Borg 60ED, TV-101, AT80Ach, XT-8, C11/CI-700, 22-Inch Dob
Way too many Nagler eyepieces
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John Jarosz
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Quote:
Yeah. It is not that ATM projects necessarily save money, but they sure help avoid sticker shock that might aversely affect one's spouse...
Ah-Ha! The truth comes out. This is the single most important motivating factor in deciding to undertake an ATM project. 
John
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Fiske
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You better build your dream scope the first time, though, because they won't be fooled again... 
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Fiske Miles
Nikon 8x42 LX / 12x50 SE Binos
Mini Borg 60ED, TV-101, AT80Ach, XT-8, C11/CI-700, 22-Inch Dob
Way too many Nagler eyepieces
http://www.fiskemiles.blogspot.com/
www.fiskemiles.com
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rboe
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Ron
NS11GPS
Pronto
16" dob
127mm F9 Surplus Shed/Crawmach kit scope
Coronado SolarMax 40 on a Celestron 102 Wide Field
Best of ATM
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NHRob
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ATM scope projects work just like curved spiders ....
they spread the offending issue around such that it falls below the detection threshold ... be it diffraction or money spent !!!
Remember .. it's the nail that's sticking up that gets the hammer !!!!
Rob
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Alan1956
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Unfortunately, I am not sure if this logic with spouses will work. I am dreaming of another scope, which will be a 24" version of my DS-4 scope (a 16" lightweight). The wife is smart enough that the first thing that she said was "And how much will the primary cost?" "I'm not sure" wasn't an acceptable answer. At least she didn't leave me when I gave her a ballpark answer...
Alan
Edited by Alan1956 (06/14/07 05:09 PM)
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Fiske
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ATM scope projects work just like curved spiders ....
they spread the offending issue around such that it falls below the detection threshold ... be it diffraction or money spent !!!
Remember .. it's the nail that's sticking up that gets the hammer !!!!
Rob
Rob:
My wife (AKA the CFO -- Chief Financial Officer ) has a detection threshold of 1 cent. I'm not making this up. She balances the checkbook to the penny every single month.
She kept and marked every ATM-related expense during the whole course of my 22-inch scope project. Whenever I would mention another part I needed for the scope, she could usually guess within ten bucks how much it would cost.
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Fiske Miles
Nikon 8x42 LX / 12x50 SE Binos
Mini Borg 60ED, TV-101, AT80Ach, XT-8, C11/CI-700, 22-Inch Dob
Way too many Nagler eyepieces
http://www.fiskemiles.blogspot.com/
www.fiskemiles.com
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vikingcraftsman
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The cost of a good husband is not cheep.
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NHRob
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My wife (CFO) doesn't ask too much about what I buy. Probably because she outspends me as a general rule.
My fiscal conscience usually keeps me in check.
Rob
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Canon 12x36 IS binos
Spooner 6.5" f/8.6 dob w/Dobstuff mount
Past Scopes:
Starstructure 14.5", Starmaster 14.5", 10" f/6 Zambuto homemade dob
AP130EDSF, AP130EDT, Traveller, AP152 f/9, 6" AP Christen triplet,FS-102(x2),FC-100,FS-152,TOA-130,TEC-140(x2),TV-101, TV-102,TV-76,TV-85, WO Z80FD, SV105/LZOS, WOLZOS100/800, TEC-6,TEC200/15,MN56,APM130/1200/LZOS,Mewlon180, Jaegers 6" f/15 achro, Palermiti 6" f/15 achro
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Fiske
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The cost of a good husband is not cheep.
I LIKE IT! 
The comeback is too obvious, though... 
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Fiske Miles
Nikon 8x42 LX / 12x50 SE Binos
Mini Borg 60ED, TV-101, AT80Ach, XT-8, C11/CI-700, 22-Inch Dob
Way too many Nagler eyepieces
http://www.fiskemiles.blogspot.com/
www.fiskemiles.com
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Biff
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My wife (CFO) doesn't ask too much about what I buy. Probably because she outspends me as a general rule.
My fiscal conscience usually keeps me in check.
Rob
I'm in your group Rob. I look the other way when she comes home with clothes and shoes and she does the same. I thought I was going to get it when she found out what I spent on my 31T5 but nothing was said!
I hide what I can just to be safe though.
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nightstalker
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Started on a mirror box this weekend
I don't have a lot of power tools so the old jigsaw was the
first choice for sizeing the ply .. I tried screwing some metal box to the ply to get a straight cut .. this turned out to be a rather stupid idea ( I have lots tucked away:))
The saw vibrates against the steel and makes it impossible to get a straight cut ..dispensed with and freehand .
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32tv plossl ,13 ethos,8.5xf
12" truss dob and numerous missplaced accesories...graham
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nightstalker
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cut and rough fitted to the base to see how it sits
while a couple of visiters look on.
Edited by nightstalker (06/25/07 08:38 AM)
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nightstalker
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added a couple of brackets inside and will fit the last panel tommorow when the glue dries ... bearings not attached yet.. sitting pretty close height wise to were I want
them to be though .
thanks for looking
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32tv plossl ,13 ethos,8.5xf
12" truss dob and numerous missplaced accesories...graham
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