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droid
rocketman

Reged: 08/29/04

Loc: Conneaut, Ohio

Post your home made scope
#5636673 - 01/22/13 11:20 AM

As the refractor and reflector forums both have post photos of, threads, I thought it would be fun to see everyones ATM made scopes.

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gpelf
super member

Reged: 12/28/11

Loc: Kentucky

Re: Post your home made scope new

[Re: droid]
#5636777 - 01/22/13 12:20 PM

Here is a link to my 8" F8.6 that is about 50% complete.
Link

Greg

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Pinbout
Post Laureate

Reged: 02/22/10

Loc: Montclair

Re: Post your home made scope new

[Re: droid]
#5636784 - 01/22/13 12:23 PM Attachment (139 downloads)

here's my first...

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Pinbout
Post Laureate

Reged: 02/22/10

Loc: Montclair

Re: Post your home made scope new

[Re: Pinbout]
#5636790 - 01/22/13 12:27 PM

my first atm frac...

and first dob...

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André Heijkoop
member

Reged: 05/02/10

Re: Post your home made scope new

[Re: droid]
#5636809 - 01/22/13 12:35 PM Attachment (105 downloads)

Here is mine:
24" f3.7 truss Dobson
The text is mainly in Dutch, but each slide has a self-explaining picture.

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Pinbout
Post Laureate

Reged: 02/22/10

Loc: Montclair

Re: Post your home made scope new

[Re: André Heijkoop]
#5636818 - 01/22/13 12:41 PM

Quote:

Here is mine:
24" f3.7 truss Dobson

that's an awesome scope.

I can't see your site cause my browser doesn't support html 5.

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starman345
Wait, I'm Thinking

Reged: 07/06/10

Loc: New Brunswick, Canada

Re: Post your home made scope new

[Re: Pinbout]
#5636833 - 01/22/13 12:47 PM

Dang, that is one NICE 24" scope

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André Heijkoop
member

Reged: 05/02/10

Re: Post your home made scope new

[Re: Pinbout]
#5636850 - 01/22/13 12:54 PM

Quote:

I can't see your site cause my browser doesn't support html 5.

What browser do you use?

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kfrederick
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/01/08

Re: Post your home made scope new

[Re: André Heijkoop]
#5636918 - 01/22/13 01:32 PM Attachment (168 downloads)

A ball in a can mount

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droid
rocketman

Reged: 08/29/04

Loc: Conneaut, Ohio

Re: Post your home made scope new

[Re: André Heijkoop]
#5636921 - 01/22/13 01:33 PM

Nice slidee show, including the bloopers was cool.

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mconnelley
sage

Reged: 03/14/06

Loc: Hilo, HI

You asked for it... new

[Re: droid]
#5637000 - 01/22/13 02:12 PM Attachment (172 downloads)

Hello:

Here's a picture of the last scope I made. It's a 20" f/4 on a ball mount.

Cheers
Mike

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StarStuff1
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/01/07

Loc: South of the Mason-Dixon Line

Re: You asked for it... new

[Re: mconnelley]
#5637049 - 01/22/13 02:34 PM Attachment (132 downloads)

An 8-in f/4.1 newt finished a couple of years ago.

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Pinbout
Post Laureate

Reged: 02/22/10

Loc: Montclair

Re: You asked for it... new

[Re: mconnelley]
#5637054 - 01/22/13 02:35 PM

Quote:

Here's a picture of the last scope I made. It's a 20" f/4 on a ball mount.

do you collimate that from the front?

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StarStuff1
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/01/07

Loc: South of the Mason-Dixon Line

Re: You asked for it... new

[Re: StarStuff1]
#5637056 - 01/22/13 02:36 PM Attachment (125 downloads)

And a 4-in f/4 refractor using a bino objective.

And, of course, my avatar 6-in f/10.

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Jarad
Postmaster

Reged: 04/28/03

Loc: Atlanta, GA

Re: You asked for it... new

[Re: Pinbout]
#5637080 - 01/22/13 02:51 PM

Looks to me like he has the collimation bolts sticking up at the sides of the mirror - I think you can see one of them in the photo near the top edge of the mirror.

Similar design as the Portaball.

Jarad

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MessiToM
professor emeritus

Reged: 12/21/09

Loc: Huntingdon PA

Re: You asked for it... new

[Re: StarStuff1]
#5637084 - 01/22/13 02:52 PM

My first ATM around a Coulter 17.5" F4.45

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MessiToM
professor emeritus

Reged: 12/21/09

Loc: Huntingdon PA

Re: Post your home made scope [Re: kfrederick]
#5637087 - 01/22/13 02:54 PM

Quote:

A ball in a can mount

ingenious lol

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BarabinoSr
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 11/17/05

Loc: Slidell La

Re: Post your home made scope [Re: droid]
#5637214 - 01/22/13 04:00 PM Attachment (117 downloads)

Here's my 4.5" f/10 Jaegers Refractor on its CG-5 EQ Head ,just after its completion. G

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plyscope
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 11/23/06

Loc: Perth, West Australia

Re: Post your home made scope [Re: BarabinoSr]
#5637260 - 01/22/13 04:18 PM Attachment (139 downloads)

This is a 5" f12 Istar on a Berry mount.

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StarStuff1
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/01/07

Loc: South of the Mason-Dixon Line

Re: Post your home made scope [Re: plyscope]
#5637274 - 01/22/13 04:22 PM

Nice!

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