erik
telescope surgeon
Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 24019
Loc: Hawaii 19 N lat -155 Long.
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thanks jeff! yeah, all with a jigsaw, and in the kitchen of my 1 bedroom apartment... i actually fried one jigsaw from overheating it (it was smoking like a chimney!). the new one i bought cuts much straighter lines. i'm going to take ron's advice and go back over the less straight areas with a file. the cuts i made with the new saw are straight, but the old black & decker jigsaw wasn't as stellar...
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-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
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Anonymous
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i think it looks pretty darn good 
good job!
hopefully one day i will be able to make cool things for my dob as well.
i really wish some cool physicist would make the plans for a cheap anti-gravitic device available to us amateur astronomers so we can more easily move our scopes around 
gr8 job again,
drolma
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erik
telescope surgeon
Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 24019
Loc: Hawaii 19 N lat -155 Long.
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thanks, drolma! ...i like the anti gravity idea too. maybe we can get some time on the HST... 
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-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
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Craig Simmons
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/10/03
Posts: 1502
Loc: Falls Church, VA
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The woodtape work pretty good. I used it on a birch polywood Dob base I built last year.
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Craig Simmons
Oberwerk 8x56, 20x90
Nikon Action IV 10x50
Barska 15x70
Galileo 20x60
Stellarvue 15x63, 20x85
Orion XT10 pre-Classic
Antares 10
Stellarvue AT1010
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erik
telescope surgeon
Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 24019
Loc: Hawaii 19 N lat -155 Long.
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that does look nice, craig! geez, man, how many scopes do you have?!?
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-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
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Craig Simmons
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/10/03
Posts: 1502
Loc: Falls Church, VA
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Thanks Erik. The birch base is a bit lighter than the stock bases. For scopes, two 10" Dobs (Antares and Orion), AT1010 and Ganymede G185.
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Craig Simmons
Oberwerk 8x56, 20x90
Nikon Action IV 10x50
Barska 15x70
Galileo 20x60
Stellarvue 15x63, 20x85
Orion XT10 pre-Classic
Antares 10
Stellarvue AT1010
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wilash
Fairy Godmother
Reged: 09/30/03
Posts: 5746
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So Craig, how does the Dob sled attach to the dog's harness?
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wilash
Fairy Godmother
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Posts: 5746
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Erik, nice job. But those Meade guys are great. Not only do they give you something to do when the sky is clear, they give you something to do when it is cloudy.
Maybe you should try some faux wood wallpaper to cover the tube to match the base. The base looks so nice, it makes the tube look it was hand made.
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Craig Simmons
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/10/03
Posts: 1502
Loc: Falls Church, VA
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Not very well, even with a cookie. All it takes is one squirrel to create a disaster.
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Craig Simmons
Oberwerk 8x56, 20x90
Nikon Action IV 10x50
Barska 15x70
Galileo 20x60
Stellarvue 15x63, 20x85
Orion XT10 pre-Classic
Antares 10
Stellarvue AT1010
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wilash
Fairy Godmother
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Posts: 5746
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Tom L
Reged: 01/07/04
Posts: 29817
Loc: Sunny Oregon
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I can picture it...having experienced similar episodes...
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Tom 
Tele Vue 102mm f/8.6 on an EzTouch
Vixen 80mm f/5 A80SSWT on a grab-n-go mount
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erik
telescope surgeon
Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 24019
Loc: Hawaii 19 N lat -155 Long.
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Erik, nice job. But those Meade guys are great. Not only do they give you something to do when the sky is clear, they give you something to do when it is cloudy.
ha! i never thought of it like that, i'll have to call meade and thank them! ...the wallpaper idea sounds interesting, but i want to do something to the tube that'll lower the weight. so i'm thinking that converting it to a truss is the best option at this point...
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-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
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