· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums 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 >> ATM, Optics and DIY Forum Previous   Index   Next   Flat   neo professor emeritus Reged: 02/12/08 Posts: 721 Loc: Iasi, Romania Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod       10/27/09 02:45 PM Attachment (104 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply:   Yep...this is the guilty one. This summer a fellow astronomer from our local forum donated me an old, pretty fragile aluminum tripod from an EQ 1 mount or something. So finally after a couple of weeks with a rocky health I started to tune this baby up a little. Decided to change the hole base which is ridiculous tiny. So I went to my country house the last weekend and turned on my home made lathe some plywood disks which will be glued togather with epoxy to form a solid ~5" base. -------------------- Russian 15x50 binos Home made 8" f/5 Newton on eq mount Home made 70mm f/6 (Rodenstock Rotelar lens) Apo refractor www.astronomy.ro Post Extras       Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo 10/27/09 02:45 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/27/09 02:46 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/27/09 02:47 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/27/09 02:57 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/27/09 02:58 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod wmyers   10/28/09 05:09 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod magic612   10/28/09 05:19 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/29/09 04:37 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/29/09 04:38 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/29/09 04:51 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod Happy-Idiot   10/29/09 08:06 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod magic612   10/29/09 11:18 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/30/09 02:02 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod grendel   10/30/09 04:41 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/30/09 06:41 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/30/09 03:57 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/30/09 03:58 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/30/09 04:00 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod droid   10/30/09 05:39 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/31/09 03:51 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/31/09 06:20 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/31/09 06:23 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/31/09 05:15 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   10/31/09 05:20 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod deSitter   11/01/09 12:44 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod deSitter   11/01/09 12:46 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/01/09 04:44 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod wmyers   11/01/09 09:16 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod sailor70623   11/01/09 09:23 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/02/09 03:11 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/05/09 02:04 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/05/09 02:05 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/18/09 03:06 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/18/09 03:12 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/19/09 04:28 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/19/09 04:31 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/19/09 04:37 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod magic612   11/19/09 04:53 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/19/09 05:58 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod arpruss   11/20/09 09:34 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/20/09 09:58 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod StarStuff1   11/20/09 10:33 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/20/09 01:51 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/20/09 01:55 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod hwhall   11/22/09 02:31 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod arpruss   11/22/09 09:53 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/22/09 04:28 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod magic612   11/22/09 05:22 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/22/09 05:53 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod magic612   11/22/09 07:23 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod grendel   11/23/09 03:24 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/23/09 07:26 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod StarStuff1   11/20/09 03:53 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/20/09 04:56 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod ColoHank   11/23/09 11:54 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   11/23/09 01:19 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod Tavi   12/07/09 06:31 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   12/08/09 02:33 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod dawsonian2000   12/09/09 02:20 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   12/09/09 02:56 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod dawsonian2000   12/10/09 03:30 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   12/10/09 06:12 AM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod sailor70623   12/10/09 03:37 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   12/10/09 03:58 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod magic612   12/10/09 04:15 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod neo   12/10/09 04:33 PM Re: Tuning up an ol' aluminum tripod deSitter   10/30/09 02:01 AM Extra information 7 registered and 5 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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