Roger51
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Finally received my 16" Lightbridge. I had everything ready as I assembled it for the first time (setting circle). Here is a picture. Just your basic cut out with a magnet and finish nail as a pointer. I did paint the nail green. I have to put wheels on this beast to move it. I had to assemble it in the garage because the base is too large to fit through the doors. No first light yet, hopefully tomorrow night.
Roger
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Sky Captain
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Way to go Roger!  Very cool. What were you going to use for the altitude measurement? My magnetic dial stuck to the tube worked well, but I was thinking of getting a digital one too.
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I had to assemble it in the garage because the base is too large to fit through the doors.
 I don't mean to laugh, but I was going to get one too and later changed to the 12 in. instead. I know I would have had trouble in our 3rd story condo.
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Sky Captain
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Maybe numbers every 5 degrees instead of every 10 would help this.
Thanks for posing this inquiry Brad. This got me thinking (with the wifes help!) and she brought me our label maker.
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Sky Captain
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It has clear tape with black numbers\letters, and they are smaller than the ones on the circle. I put on a few to try.
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Sky Captain
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This is much better and as you can see from the picture of it installed, numbers are visible all the time.
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No disrepect toward Meade intended, but they couldn't hold a candle to Kerry. His system is just slick as can be.
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BradC
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This is much better and as you can see from the picture of it installed, numbers are visible all the time.
Nice mod of your mod  I'm glad you found a solution short of re-printing the circle or hand-writing them in. I even like that the intermediate numbers are smaller and offset from the primaries.
Glad to hear that it worked well in the field, too! Make sure you let us know how well it works when you get the chance to try it on more (and more obscure) targets!
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Roger51
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Kerry,
I have the digital altitude indicator (Wilney). On another note, I seemed to recall someone saying the inside of the tubes were white on the Lightbridge? When I received my 16 both the lower and upper units are painted flat black. Was your 12 white?
Roger
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Sky Captain
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I seemed to recall someone saying the inside of the tubes were white on the Lightbridge? When I received my 16 both the lower and upper units are painted flat black. Was your 12 white?
Roger
The inside tubes are black, just the end rings were white and the truss poles are silver...just like yours. I powder coated the end rings and poles flat black on mine.
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Sky Captain
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Nice mod of your mod I'm glad you found a solution short of re-printing the circle or hand-writing them in. I even like that the intermediate numbers are smaller and offset from the primaries.
Glad to hear that it worked well in the field, too! Make sure you let us know how well it works when you get the chance to try it on more (and more obscure) targets!
Thanks Brad, it really couldn't have worked out better. If I re-do another setting circle, i'll apply the intermediate numbers first and then have them (Staples) laminate it.
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Make sure you let us know how well it works when you get the chance to try it on more (and more obscure) targets!
So your saying Saturn and Venus are to easy.
We are going to do some more tonight, it will be just me and the wife...and the telescope. 
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Gigatron
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Hey gang,
Can anyone confirm the size of the base for a Zhumell 10"?
I've read through all 17 pages and I don't recall seeing any direct PDF links. I measured the base at 22 3/8", which would be an increase of 117.6% from the original 19" PDF.
I copied the original PDF to an SD card. Will Kinko's/Staples just be able to upscale it 117.6% and print it out, or would they need something else?
Thanks,
Fred
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Right angle viewfinder
Deluxe field tripod
Zhumell 10" dob
Telrad finder
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Too many special modifications to list
2" 32mm GSO,
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nasag
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Have those that have used the $10 inclinometer had any major problems using it? I really don't want to go the digital route if I can get by with the cheeper one.
Gary
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Sky Captain
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Have those that have used the $10 inclinometer had any major problems using it? I really don't want to go the digital route if I can get by with the cheeper one.
Gary
The only thing I found Gary, was that the marks between were very small and tough to get just right. It was doable and sometimes the red light from my flashlight would cause some glare off the clear plastic housing protecting the needle. The needle tends to bounce a bit after you move the scope, and thus you have to wait for it to stop moving. In reality if you have a wide angle EP, just "search" a little to find the object.
It still works though.
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Sky Captain
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I've read through all 17 pages and I don't recall seeing any direct PDF links. I measured the base at 22 3/8", which would be an increase of 117.6% from the original 19" PDF.
I copied the original PDF to an SD card. Will Kinko's/Staples just be able to upscale it 117.6% and print it out, or would they need something else?
Thanks,
Fred
I know for mine, they needed to go to 137% to get it right but mine was just a little bigger than yours.
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I copied the original PDF to an SD card. Will Kinko's/Staples just be able to upscale it 117.6% and print it out, or would they need something else?
I copied mine to a CD, but the operator wasn't able to enlarge it in the computer. She made an initial copy (19") and then ran the copy through the large format copier and enlarged it that way.
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HockeyRulesX4
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22 3/8" sounds about right for the Z10. Like Sky Captain, I took mine to Kinko's on a CD. I originally took the PDF attached to this thread to Kinko's on an SD card, but they didn't have an SD card reader 
I told the girl behind the counter the size I needed and she took care of enlarging and printing on the large format printer, so you don't need to worry about enlarging it yourself.
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Tom Andrews
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I copied the original PDF to an SD card. Will Kinko's/Staples just be able to upscale it 117.6% and print it out, or would they need something else?
I took the pdf file on a flash drive to Staples and they were able to download it and adjust the size needed.
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Gigatron
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Thanks for all the responses, guys.
There might be a Staples near me at work. Maybe I'll take a hike over there during lunch (assuming it's not pouring buckets  )
-Fred
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Meade ETX-90 UHTC, AutoStar 497,
Right angle viewfinder
Deluxe field tripod
Zhumell 10" dob
Telrad finder
GSO 8x50 RACI finder
Too many special modifications to list
2" 32mm GSO,
9mm GSO,
26mm,15mm,12.4mm,6mm Meade SP,
5mm,7mm,9mm Burgess/TMB planetary
Meade 2X Barlow
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justabob
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Hey gang,
Can anyone confirm the size of the base for a Zhumell 10"?
I've read through all 17 pages and I don't recall seeing any direct PDF links. I measured the base at 22 3/8", which would be an increase of 117.6% from the original 19" PDF.
I copied the original PDF to an SD card. Will Kinko's/Staples just be able to upscale it 117.6% and print it out, or would they need something else?
Thanks,
Fred
22 1/8 fits the z10. Kinkos was able to up size the 19" file.
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Gigatron
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Well, Staples has no freakin' idea what they're doing.
I took them the PDF and told them to enlarge it 117% so that it would be 22 1/8" across. They tell me to come back in an hour and a half. I show up and I notice it looks a little small. I ask for a ruler and the thing is 18 1/2" across. How did it get smaller by increasing it 117%?
Can anyone explain to me what possibly went wrong, because I'd love to know.
Tomorrow, I'm going to try kinkos, even though I'm already out $8.
-Fred
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Meade ETX-90 UHTC, AutoStar 497,
Right angle viewfinder
Deluxe field tripod
Zhumell 10" dob
Telrad finder
GSO 8x50 RACI finder
Too many special modifications to list
2" 32mm GSO,
9mm GSO,
26mm,15mm,12.4mm,6mm Meade SP,
5mm,7mm,9mm Burgess/TMB planetary
Meade 2X Barlow
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Fred: They obviously made a mistake, you shouldn't have had to pay for it.
Carol
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