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Moving device for a 12" Dob

Started by damonoshea, 03/07/2006 03:07PM
Posted 03/07/2006 03:07PM Opening Post
I've got a 12" Revelation Dob as seen on Home Page www.telescopehouse.co.uk. 99%of time I view in my back Yard and am thinking about a way to move the entire telescope/rocker box assembly from the house to the garden. Telescope tube assembly weighes about 50 lbs and rocker box about 30 lbs.

Thinking about attaching wheelbarrow handles like you would see on an obsession Dob, however not sure if chipboard rocker box could take the stress.

Anybody got any suggestions
Posted 03/07/2006 03:16PM #1
The chipboard should easily stand the stress. The stresses are vertical, and I am assuming you are using through bolts, and not just screws.

Alex
Posted 03/07/2006 07:35PM #2
I use a common hand truck and use a long Velcro strap to wrap around the tube and the hand truck. Then I can just wheel it around without a problem.

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