Telescopeman54
Vendor - Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC.
Reged: 08/17/07
Posts: 1532
Loc: New Hampshire
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Clint:
That "other weird bar clamp" on the side is an Edmund camera bracket holder. I have one on sitting on a shelf right now. What is missing is the support rod and the actual bracket upon which the camera is placed.
Steve
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Stephen Forbes - President
Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC
61 Valhalla Farm Road
Hillsboro, NH 03244
Web: http://TrapeziumTelescopes.com
Email: Stephen.Forbes@TrapeziumTelescopes.com
Phone: 1.603.325.0619
6" f/15 Jaegers refractor on GOTO GEM
5.1" f/8 Burgess on CG-5 w/ iOptron GOTONOVA
102mm f/7 refractor on iOptron Mini Tower
1975 Celestron Orange Tube C8 on Equatorial Mini Tower
1978 RV-6 on iOptron Mini Tower
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Telescopeman54
Vendor - Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC.
Reged: 08/17/07
Posts: 1532
Loc: New Hampshire
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I almost forgot, it was also used to hold a white metal screen for solar projection.
Steve
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Stephen Forbes - President
Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC
61 Valhalla Farm Road
Hillsboro, NH 03244
Web: http://TrapeziumTelescopes.com
Email: Stephen.Forbes@TrapeziumTelescopes.com
Phone: 1.603.325.0619
6" f/15 Jaegers refractor on GOTO GEM
5.1" f/8 Burgess on CG-5 w/ iOptron GOTONOVA
102mm f/7 refractor on iOptron Mini Tower
1975 Celestron Orange Tube C8 on Equatorial Mini Tower
1978 RV-6 on iOptron Mini Tower
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Lew Chilton
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 10/20/05
Posts: 984
Loc: SoCal
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Clint,
That's not a non-stock focuser on that 6-inch Deluxe Cave Astrola. It's a Carle helical focuser. You can see it in Cave accessory catalogs.
Helical focusers were very much in vogue in the 1970s. I had a Telescopics helical focuser on my 4-1/4 inch RFT.
-Lew
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I don't get no respect, but my scopes do! 
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1961 Swift 60mm model 839 (2); 2003 TV-102/GM-8; 1959 8" f/6 Treckerscope; 1959 8" f/7.4 Murray Scope; 1959 Fecker Celestar-4; 1978 4" Edmund Astroscan; c. 1986 4-inch Celestron-Vixen SP-C102; c. 1950 20X60 Saturn spotting scope; 1963 7X50 Nippon Kogaku binoculars; Unitron #114 alt-az mount (Swifty-tron)
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Larry Geary
professor emeritus
Reged: 09/24/06
Posts: 732
Loc: NJ, USA
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That looks like a 6" f/8 to me.
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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 16328
Loc: Kuiper Belt
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Here's an interesting one for you lucky folks on the west coast -
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=593133
Vintage Leitz surveyor tripods, San Fran pick-up only. $50! If I lived out there, I'd snatch one of these up.
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, Tektites, Fossils, Minerals, Crystals, & Trinitite.
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 764
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I agree. It certainly does look like a 6-inch F/8 'Model A' deluxe Cave Astrola and not the bigger 8-inch F/6 'Model B.'
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Jeff B
professor emeritus
Reged: 12/30/06
Posts: 663
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Yup, it's a 6" F8 allright. Had plenty of them come thru the shop in the early 80's when EVERBODY just had to have an 8" SCT.
Spiffed up, it might be a real corker. One of the best mirrors I ever saw  was from just such a scope.
Jeff
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 764
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While browsing the advertisements for the Santa Barbara, California Craigslist, I happened to notice a listing for a vintage Unitron model number 114 2.4-inch alt-azimuth refractor telescope. The ad was posted on October 22nd, 2008, and the web address is:
http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/pho/888792032.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 764
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There is what appears to be a Tasco #9TE-5 Starbrite (D=60mm F=700mm) alt-azimuth refractor on the Albuquerque, New Mexico Craigslist. It was posted on September 30, 2008, where the web address is:
http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/clt/861442692.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 764
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A complete Edmund Astroscan outfit on the Santa Fe, New Mexico Craigslist:
http://santafe.craigslist.org/for/889353297.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
I see at least two RKE eyepieces plus an RKE Barlow lens in the photographs. Are there any more oculars?
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 764
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A vintage Gilbert 'toy' telescope with leatherette case on the Nashville, TN Craigslist. The advertisement was posted on October 9, 2008, where the listing number is:
http://nashville.craigslist.org/clt/872978506.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
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btb
super member
Reged: 07/07/06
Posts: 185
Loc: Indiana
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Parts from Tasco telescopes.
http://tinyurl.com/68ckvg
Not mine.
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Les
US Navy Veteran
Celestron 114mm
Zhumell "10"
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mustgobigger
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/07
Posts: 2349
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Spilhaus Space Clock
on the bay. link
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1971 12.5" Cave Astrola
Meade 880 Deluxe
Unitron's 114,128,140,142,150,152,155,160
4" Jaegertron
4.5" A.E f/14 Refractor
4" f/15 Edmund's Refractor
Brandon 94mm F/7
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Telescopeman54
Vendor - Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC.
Reged: 08/17/07
Posts: 1532
Loc: New Hampshire
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Why do those clocks show up when I DO NOT have the money? It's not fair!
Steve
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Stephen Forbes - President
Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC
61 Valhalla Farm Road
Hillsboro, NH 03244
Web: http://TrapeziumTelescopes.com
Email: Stephen.Forbes@TrapeziumTelescopes.com
Phone: 1.603.325.0619
6" f/15 Jaegers refractor on GOTO GEM
5.1" f/8 Burgess on CG-5 w/ iOptron GOTONOVA
102mm f/7 refractor on iOptron Mini Tower
1975 Celestron Orange Tube C8 on Equatorial Mini Tower
1978 RV-6 on iOptron Mini Tower
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BooBoo
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/21/06
Posts: 1295
Loc: Lancaster, California, USA
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Too rich for my blood, but maybe someone here would be interested.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/for/902734010.html
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BooBoo
aka Barry
"Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth." - Ptolemy
Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian
 Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1796
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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Quote:
Too rich for my blood, but maybe someone here would be interested.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/for/902734010.html
I had a Parks 8" f6 on that same mount. That mount was usless for the 8" OTA, way under mounted. Maybe the 6" would do ok on it.
Chas
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Firewood
super member
Reged: 10/27/07
Posts: 132
Loc: 29°7' N, 95°4' W
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Lots of pictures of this guy: Uni
I'm not affiliated with the seller.
Clear skies,
Jeff
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Clear skies,
Jeff
Nexstar 8 GPS XLT
40mm Optiluxe, 22mm LVW, 13mm Widescan III, 9mm Expanse, 6.7mm S4000 UWA, Plossls
Houston Astronomical Society
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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2703
Loc: 3rd Rock
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A possible scam, Evil-Bay these are not his pictures! Or the pictures of his scope! The pictures are of a different scope and are not of his scope, a scope may not even exist. Don't buy!
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Brian
A small scope that gets used often is a better investment than a big scope that stays in the closet.
Unitrons, you spend more time looking at them than you do through them.
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desertrefugee
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/06/07
Posts: 1188
Loc: Arizona
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How do you know this, Brian? I've been looking for a Unitron - and have been getting skunked.
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"Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost." - Milton
-Darrell
Reflectors - 76 to 254mm (f4.9 to f9.2)
Refractors - 50 to 120mm (f5 to f16.7)
Binoculars - 6x15 to 22x100
N. Phoenix, AZ
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BHunt
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/31/06
Posts: 1381
Loc: NJ and PA
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I really dont think this is a scam. Maybe the photo was hijacked. However if this photo is the actual telescope for sale its a good one. Looking at the eyepieces indicate that this is a very early production unit.
Bill
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