· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Classic Telescopes Previous   Index   Next   Flat   Lew Chilton Pooh-Bah Reged: 10/20/05 Posts: 1021 Loc: SoCal Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop       06/12/09 02:01 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply:   The focuser looks like an esthetically superior version of the Carle photo-visual helical focuser, as sold by Tom Cave. It can be seen in the 1970s Cave accessory catalog, as viewed at Robert Provin's Classic Telescope Catalog website: http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/cave/caveacc.pdf -------------------- I don't get no respect, but my scopes do! ---------------------------------------------- 1961 Swift 60mm model 839 (2); 2003 TV-102/GM-8; 1959 8" f/6 Treckerscope; 1959 8" f/7.4 Murray Scope; 1959 Fecker Celestar-4; 1978 4" Edmund Astroscan; c. 1986 4-inch Celestron-Vixen SP-C102; c. 1950 20X60 Saturn spotting scope; 1963 7X50 Nippon Kogaku binoculars; Unitron #114 alt-az mount (Swifty-tron) Post Extras       Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope nykaver 06/11/09 10:13 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope Preston Smith   07/03/09 12:59 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope clintwhitman   07/03/09 02:23 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope Lew Chilton   07/04/09 07:43 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope nykaver   06/11/09 10:14 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope nykaver   06/11/09 10:15 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope nykaver   06/11/09 10:19 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope nykaver   06/11/09 10:20 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope tim53   06/11/09 10:32 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope nykaver   06/11/09 10:23 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope nykaver   06/11/09 10:25 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope clintwhitman   06/11/09 11:03 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop JamesE   06/11/09 11:28 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop Dr Morbius   06/12/09 12:06 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop Lew Chilton   06/12/09 02:01 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 12:23 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop Lew Chilton   06/12/09 01:35 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop Starman27   06/12/09 06:22 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop Lew Chilton   06/13/09 04:54 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/13/09 07:40 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   07/03/09 07:51 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   07/03/09 07:52 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   07/03/09 07:55 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   07/03/09 07:58 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   07/03/09 08:01 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   07/03/09 08:02 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop tim53   07/03/09 10:24 AM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 12:30 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 12:38 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 12:39 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 12:45 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 12:52 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 01:09 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 01:10 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 01:27 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 01:28 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescop nykaver   06/12/09 01:31 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope clintwhitman   06/11/09 11:27 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope nykaver   06/11/09 10:27 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope nykaver   06/11/09 10:36 PM Re: Restoration of the earliest? Schaefer telescope tim53   06/11/09 10:56 PM Extra information 9 registered and 7 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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