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llanitedave
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Re: What tools do you need to build a Dob?
06/29/09 10:51 AM
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If you want to know the absolute minimum tool set that will get you by, I built my 10" dob using nothing more than a jigsaw, a screwdriver, and a hand power drill. I built it in about three weekends on the front porch of an apartment.
It's workable and sturdy, but a long way from "craftsmanship".
The next most important tool to get, if I was going to build another one out of wood, would be a router, and a workbench.
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"S.O.E." (Sauron's Other Eye), with 16" Royce conical mirror: A permanent work in progress.
10" Homebuilt dob, old Coulter mirror
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