First TM Project

This is my first telescope project. It's a 6" F/5 (Meade mirror) from 1976 when I was in the Air Force stationed in Alaska. The EQ head was from a scavenged and highly modified Jason refractor mount. Man, money was tight in those days. Anyone else willing to share their first TM project?

Keith

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Mine is not from that long ago - I've only been building scopes for less than two years - but here's my first:
8" F/5.75 ballscope - Tim

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I don't have any pics handy, but mine was a 6" f/9 newt. I ground and polished the primary mirror. I hesitate to claim that I actually figured its shape... I was in high school and working by myself, doing the best I could using the ATM books I had mail ordered. In the end it did form an image, and it was fun to use.

My father helped me built a equitorial mount that was quite a beast, out of dead farm implement parts. It weighed close to 100 lbs, and I had to move it around with a hand truck.

I even built an "observatory" out of pieces from an old corn crib. Those were the days!

Duane