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[Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Cats & Casses Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 jrcrilly Refractor wienie again Reged: 04/30/03 Posts: 22472 Loc: NE Ohio You don't see these every day...       #264223 - 11/26/04 10:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   dual fork C5 -------------------- John C Urban Observatory Tele Vue Pronto A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO Tak FSQ-106N F/5 APO Meade 152ED F/9 "APO" 152mm F/10 achromat Tak CN-212 8" F/12 classical Cass/ F/4 Newt Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat LXD750, EM-200, CI-700 ST-10XME Post Extras:       Rusty Postmaster Reged: 08/06/03 Posts: 16410 Loc: Brooker, FL Re: You don't see these every day... [Re: jrcrilly]       #264244 - 11/26/04 10:46 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That one's just like mine - and the "genius" used tape on the OTA because the cap falls off otherwise (although the tape I used didn't damage the paint.) I'm putting mine up for sale shortly...it should be mentioned there's no Dec drive, and the RA is 120v. Strangely enough, mine came with both the .965" and 1.25" visual backs, and a diagonal for each...the EPs are absolutely awful, though. -------------------- N11GPS Fastar TOA-130S MK66 Std Vintage C5 Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO SolarMax 40 NJP Temma II Sirius EQ-G ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke Post Extras:       Larry F Pooh-Bah Reged: 05/24/04 Posts: 1398 Loc: Westchester, NY Re: You don't see these every day... [Re: Rusty]       #264450 - 11/27/04 07:34 AM Attachment (77 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Keeping mine. Roger Tuthill made a bolt-on dec motor for me in 1989. It drives the tangent arm knob using an o-ring. Goes on and off in seconds. I've got an Orion Accutrak that runs on 120 or 12 volt car current to drive the motors. It has a joy stick for fine control. Here's the dec motor: -------------------- C5 Orange Tube SCT Orion 127 Mak SV Nighthawk (1st generation) CPC 800 XLT SCT Coronado Maxscope 40 5 1/4" f/5.2 home-built Newtonian Denk II Binos Giro 2/Tech2000 Giro Driver/Tech2000 QuickDraw Pier A zillion eyepieces and some more mounts Mason & Hamlin BB 214 cm (piano) My Gallery Post Extras:       erik telescope surgeon Reged: 01/30/04 Posts: 24019 Loc: Hawaii 19 N lat -155 Long. Re: You don't see these every day... [Re: Larry F]       #265709 - 11/28/04 08:11 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   wow, i don't think i've EVER seen an orange dual fork 5" celestron before. cool! -------------------- -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Post Extras:       Larry F Pooh-Bah Reged: 05/24/04 Posts: 1398 Loc: Westchester, NY Re: You don't see these every day... [Re: erik]       #265768 - 11/28/04 09:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   You're being facetious. But you've probably never seen one with a Tuthill declination motor, and of course you never will again. Roger, rest in peace. A great man. -------------------- C5 Orange Tube SCT Orion 127 Mak SV Nighthawk (1st generation) CPC 800 XLT SCT Coronado Maxscope 40 5 1/4" f/5.2 home-built Newtonian Denk II Binos Giro 2/Tech2000 Giro Driver/Tech2000 QuickDraw Pier A zillion eyepieces and some more mounts Mason & Hamlin BB 214 cm (piano) My Gallery Post Extras:       Rusty Postmaster Reged: 08/06/03 Posts: 16410 Loc: Brooker, FL Re: You don't see these every day... [Re: Larry F]       #265931 - 11/29/04 12:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Erik's not being fasetious - he's just a real young un'! A lot of CNers don't go back to the Good Old Days..I have a vintage (c.1981) C5 with the usual (for then) stuff, but mine only has the Tuthill Knobs and not the extra Dec goodies! -------------------- N11GPS Fastar TOA-130S MK66 Std Vintage C5 Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO SolarMax 40 NJP Temma II Sirius EQ-G ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke Post Extras:       Larry F Pooh-Bah Reged: 05/24/04 Posts: 1398 Loc: Westchester, NY Re: You don't see these every day... [Re: Rusty]       #266644 - 11/29/04 06:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I don't think Tuthill advertised the dec motor. I had called him about it and then went out to see him in Mountainside, NJ. He took my scope down to the basement and half an hour later had drilled and tapped two holes in the fork arm and rigged up the motor. I also have the counterweight set, useful when I put my binoviewer on the C5. -------------------- C5 Orange Tube SCT Orion 127 Mak SV Nighthawk (1st generation) CPC 800 XLT SCT Coronado Maxscope 40 5 1/4" f/5.2 home-built Newtonian Denk II Binos Giro 2/Tech2000 Giro Driver/Tech2000 QuickDraw Pier A zillion eyepieces and some more mounts Mason & Hamlin BB 214 cm (piano) My Gallery Post Extras:       Rusty Postmaster Reged: 08/06/03 Posts: 16410 Loc: Brooker, FL Re: You don't see these every day... [Re: Larry F]       #266889 - 11/29/04 10:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I have the C/W set, too...they must be rare, because I was offered $75 for it... -------------------- N11GPS Fastar TOA-130S MK66 Std Vintage C5 Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO SolarMax 40 NJP Temma II Sirius EQ-G ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 2 registered and 12 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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