Don't laugh, but I'd really like to replace my old Harmonic Reed telescope collection.
I would have a hard time resisting a nice vintage chemistry set with all the chemicals and apparatus. I miss owing apparatus
-drl
Posted 21 January 2025 - 01:30 PM
Don't laugh, but I'd really like to replace my old Harmonic Reed telescope collection.
I would have a hard time resisting a nice vintage chemistry set with all the chemicals and apparatus. I miss owing apparatus
-drl
Posted 08 February 2025 - 10:22 PM
Posted 09 February 2025 - 06:21 AM
I begin to hanker after a Meade 178ED refractor. If I had one I could always start a discussion by telling people how good the optics were and how easy it was to collimate.
<ducks and runs away fast>
Clear sky to you all ...
I want one as well as another fork mounted C14 . I want a 2nd chance lance. I would never want to tangle with mounting a C14 with a D plate. I am Newt rich and fract poor so three Newts are going and gonna try some more APO's- ED's. I just gotta pick one Newt out of three freaky good 1's. The CN8 is very good as well but not like the other three.
Edited by CHASLX200, 09 February 2025 - 06:23 AM.
Posted 09 February 2025 - 11:07 AM
How about a 1954-55 Questar De Luxe with 2 original Pepsi badges - and maybe owned by Alfred Hitchcock or Cary Grant?
Posted 09 February 2025 - 11:42 AM
How about a 1954-55 Questar De Luxe with 2 original Pepsi badges - and maybe owned by Alfred Hitchcock or Cary Grant?
Not for me.
Posted 10 February 2025 - 05:50 PM
Good - good! More cake for me
Posted 20 February 2025 - 01:06 PM
Zeiss Reflektor MAK 180/1800 Meniscas. I want one badly.
Posted 21 February 2025 - 12:22 PM
I don't wanna buy any more classics. I sometimes find that I need to, though.
I'm hoping to be mobile long enough from now to build a few more. Starting with the 6" Gregorian I need to finish the secondary for, and maybe put the OTA on a new Springfield mount. Then, finish the secondary for the prototype C-14 I was working on a year or so ago. Then, there's that Schaefer 8" f/8 Newt I figured a mirror for. It just needs a cell and a counterweight to get it back on the road. Then, I have that 16" United Lens mirror blank to make into a mirror. I'm thinking of making it around f/5 so it's not too coma-y, and putting a Barlow and camera at the primary focus and use it as a camera, not a visual scope. And finally, there's that 16" Mak Cass optics set to finish, after I accumulate enough experience to feel confident enough to tackle the meniscus - provided I'm still above ground and mobile. At least, now that I'm self-unemployed (aka, retired), I *should* have more time. But the trouble with retirement is you never get a day off.
-Tim.
Edited by tim53, 21 February 2025 - 12:24 PM.
Posted 21 February 2025 - 01:45 PM
How about a 1954-55 Questar De Luxe with 2 original Pepsi badges - and maybe owned by Alfred Hitchcock or Cary Grant?
What, do tell, is a Pepsi badge?
-drl
Posted 21 February 2025 - 02:36 PM
I don't wanna buy any more classics. I sometimes find that I need to, though.
I'm hoping to be mobile long enough from now to build a few more. Starting with the 6" Gregorian I need to finish the secondary for, and maybe put the OTA on a new Springfield mount. Then, finish the secondary for the prototype C-14 I was working on a year or so ago. Then, there's that Schaefer 8" f/8 Newt I figured a mirror for. It just needs a cell and a counterweight to get it back on the road. Then, I have that 16" United Lens mirror blank to make into a mirror. I'm thinking of making it around f/5 so it's not too coma-y, and putting a Barlow and camera at the primary focus and use it as a camera, not a visual scope. And finally, there's that 16" Mak Cass optics set to finish, after I accumulate enough experience to feel confident enough to tackle the meniscus - provided I'm still above ground and mobile. At least, now that I'm self-unemployed (aka, retired), I *should* have more time. But the trouble with retirement is you never get a day off.
-Tim.
I use to get more done on my time off (weekends), than I do now that I'm retired.
Posted 21 February 2025 - 11:45 PM
I use to get more done on my time off (weekends), than I do now that I'm retired.
Amen brother
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