Hi All
I'm finally getting ready to start an 8" ball scope project that I've been thinking of doing for a while now. There's not a lot of info or ideas on design out there that I have found. The Trackball has some good ideas for building a tracking mount - and the Sphere-o-scope written up on CN has good ideas for design. There's also one dubbed the cookie jar scope that has some good ideas. I know I'm going to use an acrylic lighting diffuser globe for the ball to save time building a sphere. Anybody have any additional ideas or past experience to share on building a ball type scope? Tracking mount ideas? Tracking would be a huge plus.
I've seen MAG1 is back in business but I could never afford the price - it's gotta be home built to keep the cost down.
Thanks in advance and looking foward to hearing your thoughts and ideas.
I'm finally getting ready to start an 8" ball scope project that I've been thinking of doing for a while now. There's not a lot of info or ideas on design out there that I have found. The Trackball has some good ideas for building a tracking mount - and the Sphere-o-scope written up on CN has good ideas for design. There's also one dubbed the cookie jar scope that has some good ideas. I know I'm going to use an acrylic lighting diffuser globe for the ball to save time building a sphere. Anybody have any additional ideas or past experience to share on building a ball type scope? Tracking mount ideas? Tracking would be a huge plus.
I've seen MAG1 is back in business but I could never afford the price - it's gotta be home built to keep the cost down.
Thanks in advance and looking foward to hearing your thoughts and ideas.
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