I guess this isn't really telescope making. It's more like telescope mount making.
Anyway, I've owned quite a few different scopes over the years, but I've never owned a 6" f/8 refractor. Well, I finally picked one up on Astromart, but I needed a mount for it. After scouring the archives here and other places on the internet for information I built a dobfractor mount for it. Attached is a picture with the fakey counterweight (old solid brass lamp base). I'm working on something a little better.
Harry
p.s. More pics at:
http://homepage.myeastern.com/~hfs/Projects/Dobfractor/dfmount.htm
Anyway, I've owned quite a few different scopes over the years, but I've never owned a 6" f/8 refractor. Well, I finally picked one up on Astromart, but I needed a mount for it. After scouring the archives here and other places on the internet for information I built a dobfractor mount for it. Attached is a picture with the fakey counterweight (old solid brass lamp base). I'm working on something a little better.
Harry
p.s. More pics at:
http://homepage.myeastern.com/~hfs/Projects/Dobfractor/dfmount.htm
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