From Test Bench to Scope

All,

I had the sawdust flying this weekend. This OTA was designed around a 6.3" F/10 Ukraine lens from Surplus Shed. The cell is different in that it would be somewhat difficult to make it "push-pull". I decided to go with shims behind the mounting plate for alignment. Very easy to align if the OTA is square. I was originally going to use the cell for alignment (that's the reason for the "fancy" arms that keep the cell in place) but opted for the lens mount plate instead. I will make a retaining ring in the future to replace the "arms". The focuser is collimatable.

A dew shield is forthcoming and I will do the filler/sand/paint thing soon.

Keith

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Front End.

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Focuser.

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Wow! That looks seriously cool!

I like it! How will it be mounted and on what mount?

Hey Keith,

At half the price of a 6" D&G lens, that looked like quite a deal--I'm looking forward to hearing about the views through your new scope, particularly planetary, once Mars and Saturn show up--keep us posted.

BTW, that material looks like a tile backer-board (?)--just curious...

--George

Pardon me, but I thought the 2x4 "test bench" had a
certain charming simplicity. (And probably less
cool-down time, too!)