Sky Captain
Metal Whisperer
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Those look great Rob...how did you roll the steel?
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
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Loc: Bremerton Washington
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
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Loc: Bremerton Washington
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Details of this project have been moved to their own thread..... 
To preven repeating and suckin up bandwidth.
Rob
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
Posts: 8681
Loc: Bremerton Washington
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Thought I'd post some pix of the scope in the scope garage being slowly assembled.
Here is one from the sice and a bit to the read....showing the twin focuser mounts.
The scope is resting on a CAVE OB series mount for assembly.
Rob
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
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This slightly elevated pic was taken across the room and up against the rafters...just to get the whole tube assembly in the picture.
I have strongly considered just polishing the aluminum tube to match the stainless steel spotter. I'm thinking of now painting the spotter mountes celery green...dew caps celery green...and the tube rings textured black to match the mount.
I think it will look awesome shinny with the light green accents.
Rob
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Jeff Morgan
Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: Prescott, AZ
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I think it will look awesome shinny with the light green accents.
Al Nagler will certainly approve
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Jeff Morgan
Prescott, AZ
Wile E. Coyote School of Telescope Making
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rboe
Reged: 03/16/02
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Loc: Phx, AZ
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Does Buck Rogers know you have stolen his spaceship? 
Very impressive! :bowP
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NS11GPS
Pronto
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15X70 Obies
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
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Loc: Bremerton Washington
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Does Buck Rogers know you have stolen his spaceship?
Very impressive! :bowP
I'm naming the scope .....
NCC-1701 Enterprise...
Rob
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
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Well...been in the paint booth a bit today..and I painted both finder mounts a nice celery green.
They will be the accent color and the tube will be polished aluminum(now that will be fun) 
Here is a side view of the richfield mount.
Rob
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
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A bit different view.
Rob
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
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Here is one of the main spotter mount.
Rob
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
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Both together.
Rob
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
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And finally one more of the two together.
Now that these are done...I'll drill mounting holes in them and then into the tube for mounting.
Looks like the back plate is going to be next.
I'll need to get to my cuzns shop to do that.....
That will be fun....I'll need to track down some 1"+ plate aluminum that can be turned into what I need.
Fun fun fun.
Rob
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
Reged: 03/11/04
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I've had decent luck finding specialty items on EBay
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
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BTW Robby....Who told you I wanted the trim on my scope celery green?
I do like the idea of the polished aluminium though 
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
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BTW Robby....Who told you I wanted the trim on my scope celery green?
I do like the idea of the polished aluminium though
Good.....but I'm BIT behing the curve ball here.........
Am I supose to be under the impression that you...my CN internet friend....that you are truely interested in saving your rubles and laying them down on the barrel head....for this telescope? 
If so what color do you want the hardware painted.....?
And if so should we come to an agreement of some kind?
Or.......Are we just having some internet fun......
I could keep going ahead and you could just accept what I do..or add you ownership requests.
This is getting fun..... 
Rob
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Spoonsize
Vendor/Clothing
Reged: 08/27/04
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Rob:
Just a suggestion...if you were to add 2 spring plungers to the finder holder, one
next to the retainer screw on the top rear, and one next to the top front screw, you could then use the 4 bottom screws to push the finder up against the plungers, adjusting the finder to align with the main scope. Once it is aligned, use the top screws to retain alignment. A quicker method would be to use the rubber band trick but the spring plungers would be a more permanent helper.
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
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BTW Robby....Who told you I wanted the trim on my scope celery green?
I do like the idea of the polished aluminium though
Good.....but I'm BIT behing the curve ball here.........
Am I supose to be under the impression that you...my CN internet friend....that you are truely interested in saving your rubles and laying them down on the barrel head....for this telescope?
If so what color do you want the hardware painted.....?
And if so should we come to an agreement of some kind?
Or.......Are we just having some internet fun......
I could keep going ahead and you could just accept what I do..or add you ownership requests.
This is getting fun.....
Rob
Much depends on how the account looks after your 2 years of star testing 
Honestly my dream scope has been a 10 or 11" D&G but I'd have to build a 4th observatory because a 8" f/ 12 is the biggest I figure will fit in the 10' Ash.
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
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Loc: Bremerton Washington
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Rob:
Just a suggestion...if you were to add 2 spring plungers to the finder holder, one
next to the retainer screw on the top rear, and one next to the top front screw, you could then use the 4 bottom screws to push the finder up against the plungers, adjusting the finder to align with the main scope. Once it is aligned, use the top screws to retain alignment. A quicker method would be to use the rubber band trick but the spring plungers would be a more permanent helper.
Interesting Steve....but I'm not getting my mind around that. Is it similar to the spring buttons found on Orion spotter mount rings?
Rob
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
Posts: 8681
Loc: Bremerton Washington
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BTW Robby....Who told you I wanted the trim on my scope celery green?
I do like the idea of the polished aluminium though
Good.....but I'm BIT behing the curve ball here.........
Am I supose to be under the impression that you...my CN internet friend....that you are truely interested in saving your rubles and laying them down on the barrel head....for this telescope?
If so what color do you want the hardware painted.....?
And if so should we come to an agreement of some kind?
Or.......Are we just having some internet fun......
I could keep going ahead and you could just accept what I do..or add you ownership requests.
This is getting fun.....
Rob
Much depends on how the account looks after your 2 years of star testing
Honestly my dream scope has been a 10 or 11" D&G but I'd have to build a 4th observatory because a 8" f/ 12 is the biggest I figure will fit in the 10' Ash.
Paint can cover a multitude of indecision......
We share the same Dream...however...I can't swing the 9k needed to acquire it. And that doesn't include cool custom spotter mounts......custom tube rings.....and an awesome internal electric focuser. I can...however..build it for just over 2.5K. with a savings that will jumpstart the build of the 18x18 OB needed for it.
I'll keep plugging away....and revealing the progress as I go....and we'll let that be the *stuff* that helps you along the decision trail......
I bet Berry doesn't provide a photo album of the construction of a customers D&G scope......
Rob
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A great place for amateur astronomers, and ATM's to come and enjoy their hobby.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HomemadeRefractorTelescopes/ My homemade refractor group.
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