Steve Fisher
"Curmudgeon in Training"
Reged: 08/12/06
Posts: 1729
Loc: Utah
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Turns out it is a Mayflower 820 with a couple of eyepieces. He is asking $100.00 for it and it is in pretty poor condition. The objective is dusty but intact.
Anybody think it is worth a $100.00? I didn't.......
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Steve
8" f/12 D&G Achromat Refractor Delivered 08/27/09
6" D&G f/12 Achromat Refractor
66mm f/6.1 William Optics Petzval
6" f/8 Celestron Starhopper
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"Never try to teach a pig to sing, It wastes your time and it annoys the pig". (Robert Heinlein)
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Mayflower has a worthy heritage....just like Swift and Shrine Manon. Actually there is a marketing tie-in with Shrine Manon somehow I forget the details.  Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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terrapin
super member
Reged: 03/15/09
Posts: 146
Loc: Oakland, CA
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Sears or JCPenney (?) in the Dallas area. $25.
(Not my ad.)
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David E
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/25/06
Posts: 3020
Loc: North Carolina
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Sears or JCPenney (?) in the Dallas area. $25.
(Not my ad.)
Looks like one of those. Rather nice scopes. It's amazing how inventive some people get when they put a telescope together! 
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David E
If you keep a stack of old Orion catalogs in your bathroom, you might be an astro-redneck.
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albert1
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 1368
Loc: Northern New Jersey
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Looks like one of those. Rather nice scopes. It's amazing how inventive some people get when they put a telescope together!
Well, at least it's not pointing down.
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Albert
1 Great 'ole Newt
4 Good 'ole Newts
2 Great 'ole Cats
1 Lousy 'ole Newt
One of these days I'll try a Refractor better than my 90mm finderscope
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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2802
Loc: 3rd Rock
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Sears or JCPenney (?) in the Dallas area. $25.
(Not my ad.)
Looks like one of those. Rather nice scopes. It's amazing how inventive some people get when they put a telescope together!
Must be from Australia.
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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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Binary Star
member
Reged: 09/04/08
Posts: 37
Loc: N.E. Ohio
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Just browsing around, I found this RV-6 for sale for $300.
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/spo/1210456849.html
Not my ad.
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Meade SN6/LXD55
Antares 8" Newtonian f4.9
Meade 4500 4.5" f8
Celestron/Vixen Firstscope 80
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Binary Star
member
Reged: 09/04/08
Posts: 37
Loc: N.E. Ohio
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Is there a general consensus about where to post ads for scopes that may be good deals, but aren't really classics? I seem to remember there being a post about this somewhere on the forums, but I couldn't find it.
I often see Craigslist ads that I know people would be interested in, but I don't know where to post them. An example is this ad for a a 10" Meade SN for $550.
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/for/1210063335.html
I was going to put this is in the reflector or CAT forum, but I didn't know if that would be frowned upon.
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Meade SN6/LXD55
Antares 8" Newtonian f4.9
Meade 4500 4.5" f8
Celestron/Vixen Firstscope 80
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Edmund: 8" f/5
I was always intrigued by those off-axis guider focusers. I wonder how well they worked? Probably better in the digital age with goto mods, I suspect.
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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donnw
super member
Reged: 08/03/08
Posts: 166
Loc: Maryland
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Hi All:
I don't recall seeing this one mentioned - a Mayflower 80mm / 1200FL on eBay - looks just like a Towa 339 -- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=220429712231
It's worth a look - seems to be in quite good shape from a quick glance, but it's kinda pricey ($199) if less than mint. Ciao!
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Peace & Blessings,
Donn Williams
Member - AAVSO
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Celestron EdgeHD 11 on CGE in SkyShed POD GL5
Meade Lightbridge 12", SN10, LX200 Classic 8", AR5, 314 Brass & ETX125PE
Lunt LS60T/DS, Stellarvue SV102ED, SV80BV, SV80/9D, SV NH2
Cave Astrolla 8", Zeiss Telementor II, Unitron 114, 128, 142
Towa 339, Royal Astro 76/1200, Pentax J80, Borg 100, AT 102-F/11
Goto 105, Various Sears/Tasco/Selsi/Towa 60-80mm's
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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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If the 80 X 1200 circle T optics scopes are all they are said to be, the minimum bid is a steal IMHO. This one is only an hour north of me. Unfortunately the last 3 60 X 900 circle T scopes I've bought are optically so poor I wouldn't even think of selling them. I just haven't had too much luck with Towa I guess. But this IS an 80mm
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Keith.....I don't believe Towa ever made a bad 80mm X 1200mm. However I do believe his starting point is too high. On a bad day I'd go no higher than $250. I had a good day and my Selsi clone I got for $78 and $36 shipping. I don't think anybody bid against me...if there was it was just one other person. But make no mistake the optics are superbo!  Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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Mike,
I've certainly heard a lot of good things about the 80 X 1200. Last week there was a TOWA 80 X 1200 on my local CL. It was posted in the A.M. when I was at work and couldn't look. When I got home and checked the listings (vintage telescopes are very rare on the Eugene CL, but of course I look every day anyway ) it had already sold. At $125 and nearly pristine, someone got a great scope at a great price! Had it been posted for $250 I might have had a shot, and with no shipping, that for me, would have been a steal.
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teast
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/10/07
Posts: 500
Loc: Kentucky
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Hi Binary Star and welcome to CN  !
I've often wondered the same thing regarding posting of "non-classic" finds from ebay, craigslist, etc. There doesn't seem to be a place for them. I do think that they should be separate from the Classic Telescope forum and they can't go in Shop and Swap since that is only for member postings and not "finds". Maybe our Moderators can make a suggestion?
Welcome again to CN!
-Tom
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okiestarman56
super member
Reged: 04/10/08
Posts: 498
Loc: 36.9'33" N 95.23'29" W
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On the bay Clock Drive
Jerry
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305mm f/5 GSO 12" DSO
114mm f/7.8 Tasco 4.5" Red Tube
76.2mm f/15.7 Tasco 10te #771027
80mm f/15 Sears 3.1" Refracor #412.4454
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4 6305-A
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4451
Plenty of EPs? .965 to 2"
2 LPI's
Home made Denver chair
3-7'x10' light panels
yada yada yada
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okiestarman56
super member
Reged: 04/10/08
Posts: 498
Loc: 36.9'33" N 95.23'29" W
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On the bay 60mm Shipping scares me " will shrink wrap and send UPS.
Jerry
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305mm f/5 GSO 12" DSO
114mm f/7.8 Tasco 4.5" Red Tube
76.2mm f/15.7 Tasco 10te #771027
80mm f/15 Sears 3.1" Refracor #412.4454
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4 6305-A
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4451
Plenty of EPs? .965 to 2"
2 LPI's
Home made Denver chair
3-7'x10' light panels
yada yada yada
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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I don't see the rest of the clamshell there to repair it with JB Weld. I think that's about it for the price in that condition.
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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That clock drive is the first one I've ever seen outside of a catalog picture. That is a very very rare find.  Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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David E
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/25/06
Posts: 3020
Loc: North Carolina
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I don't see the rest of the clamshell there to repair it with JB Weld. I think that's about it for the price in that condition.
If the clamshell broke I have to wonder what kind of jolt the optical tube may have taken. 
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David E
If you keep a stack of old Orion catalogs in your bathroom, you might be an astro-redneck.
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Jae
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/13/06
Posts: 559
Loc: near Boston
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On the bay 60mm Shipping scares me " will shrink wrap and send UPS.
Jerry
Look at the dew cap - I bet it's a replacement lens from Meade that was made by Towa - white model 291 ? maybe 60mm f15
Jae
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Jae
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