asaint
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/25/03
Posts: 2021
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building a Schiefspiegler
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ned_l
super member
Reged: 03/12/07
Posts: 164
Loc: north carolina
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Cool article. The scope looks awesome. My dad really wants to build one of these, or at least have me do it. I was surprised to see that it only weighed 8 pounds. Most 4" refractors weigh more than 8 ponds. How thick is the wood?
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8" Orion Newtonian w/ Sky View Pro mount
Feather Touch focuser
Stellarvue 102 ED
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Bill Cheng
super member
Reged: 05/21/05
Posts: 178
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Thank you for the kind words. The scope is made from 1/4 inch plywood. I think if you make the scope from cardboard tubes it may be even lighter.
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Bill
Edited by Bill Cheng (09/27/07 10:23 AM)
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Greg Elspas
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Reged: 07/22/04
Posts: 99
Loc: Maryland
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This is so cool. I have always wanted to make one of these but I haven't any skill at grinding the optics which is what scares me off.
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13" TScope
Orion ED80 / Sirius EQ-G
Orion ST80
Borg Mini 50 Guidescope
Meade DSI
Nikon D40
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dsnope
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/28/06
Posts: 722
Loc: OC California
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That was a fun article to read and I'm glad that you finally got to build that neat scope. What is the focal ratio?
BTW, I was likely in the same library at the same time, procrastinating by reading all of the Jerzy Kosinski novels on the shelves.
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The stars burned with a lidless fixity and they drew nearer in the night until towards dawn he was stumbling among the whinstones of the uttermost ridge to heaven, a barren range of rock so enfolded in that gaudy house that stars lay awash at his feet and migratory spalls of burning matter crossed constantly about him on their chartless reckonings. In the predawn light he made his way out upon a promontory and there received first of any creature in that country the warmth of the sun's ascending
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Bill Cheng
super member
Reged: 05/21/05
Posts: 178
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it's a F/27.
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Bill
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Dylan Gladstone
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/05/07
Posts: 955
Loc: Connecticut, USA
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I love the look of the completed scope. Very unique.
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Orion SkyView Pro 127mm Maksutov
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ScottAz
Fleet Navigator
Reged: 02/06/05
Posts: 1143
Loc: Millington, TN
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Cool article. I really liked your discussion of your "moment of truth." Would the effort pay off ... or not? Looks like everything worked out better than fine! Oh, and thanks for adding the references!
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Scott Azmus
SV80BV, NexStar 11, & 18" Obsession 
Many Views Yield Truth
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Gene_Cross
newbie
Reged: 09/22/07
Posts: 4
Loc: California
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I have a very similar scope with German made optics that I bought about 40 years ago.
Even though the aperture is only 108 mm, it actually shows solar granulation on the photosphere or the Sun much better than any other scope I have used, including the 75 foot Solar Tower Telescope at Mt. Wilson.
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Photon Herder
The best nights are ahead!
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BlueMoon
super member
Reged: 06/14/07
Posts: 174
Loc: Idaho, USA
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Wonderful article! Very glad to hear that your dream and ambition found a successful meeting!
The Schiefspiegler is certainly an unusual design... perhaps one day... 
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Jeff
Antares 1529 152mm f/6.5 Achromat Refractor
EQ5/ST-2 mount
1984 Tasco 19ER 20X-60X50 Refractor
Oberwerks 15x70 Binoculars
Herrett Observatory, Twin Falls, Idaho.
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