[COLOR="Purple"]Am I crazy to even try this?
Some background...I was shooting for a nice low profile mirror box. Unfortunately, the [SIZE="Large"]L O N G[/SIZE] truss poles necessitated by my semi-long focal length (f/5.22) mirror have thrown off my balance point by about 4 inches.
Soooo...I've extended the sides of the mirror box where the alt bearings will go by about 6 inches to bring the balance point into the center of the bearings. Now it's a split level mirror "box". I know I could make all of the side longer but that's just more weight. Ultimately I'll get the balance worked out and then trim away anything that I can do without. Should be interesting looking.
Is having different sized sides going to cause any issues? I can't think of any major problems. Maybe some flexure but I can address that with some cross pieces if necessary.
Oh well...at least it will be different from all of the usual scopes out there.
Bill[/COLOR]
Some background...I was shooting for a nice low profile mirror box. Unfortunately, the [SIZE="Large"]L O N G[/SIZE] truss poles necessitated by my semi-long focal length (f/5.22) mirror have thrown off my balance point by about 4 inches.
Soooo...I've extended the sides of the mirror box where the alt bearings will go by about 6 inches to bring the balance point into the center of the bearings. Now it's a split level mirror "box". I know I could make all of the side longer but that's just more weight. Ultimately I'll get the balance worked out and then trim away anything that I can do without. Should be interesting looking.
Is having different sized sides going to cause any issues? I can't think of any major problems. Maybe some flexure but I can address that with some cross pieces if necessary.
Oh well...at least it will be different from all of the usual scopes out there.
Bill[/COLOR]
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