We all know what German Equatorial Mount is. But recently, browsing a Russian astro-forum, I saw an amazing DIY equatorial mount made totally without turning. As the first picture was posted on April 1, many took it as an elaborate hoax, which it obviously is not. The mount is christened Lunar Module by its maker (for obvious reasons), is built of plywood around a huge ball bearing and some car parts, and was conceived as a project that school astronomy club could run without access to lathe.
You can see the pictures here, clicking on a picture gives a magnified version:
http://www.astronomy.ru/forum/index.php/topic,26045.80.html
Dmitri
You can see the pictures here, clicking on a picture gives a magnified version:
http://www.astronomy.ru/forum/index.php/topic,26045.80.html
Dmitri
