Folks,

If you've been reading this blog, I hope you've enjoyed at least some of it. I'm going to stop, now. I should be completing and painting the dobs mount later tonight and expecting first light at some point over the weekend. I'll post a first light report and some field photos on the forum, instead.

It's been both frustrating and fun, and I accept that it may not be perfect first time - balance, vibration, etc... - but it should at least hold together! ;) Like many DIY scopes, it may never be finished.

I had a jumble of ideas to begin with, most of the tools and half the skills required. I changed my mind many times and rushed a lot of it. Too many late nights, too much effort. A lot of money spent, too. But it's got me out the house and back in the workshop, using old tools, new materials, thinking, planning, etc... and I get a scope out of it at the end. :D

Clear skies,

Matt.