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  1. faulksy
    its called, normalising you rub soap on it. heat it with a flame untill it goes brown then shape
  2. faulksy
    thank you gerry hi mark, i made my actual clips out of acetal, engineering plastic just done the same on my obsession
  3. faulksy
    20.65 /class 4 from home ?
  4. faulksy

    2 sleeps left :headbang:

    1. mapstar

      mapstar

      How excited lol. Clear night up here last night turned in at midnight as it went milky. HH and Uranus 

  5. faulksy
    should of told the wife she could sleep in the car , then you could put your dob in your bedroom that would go down well
  6. faulksy
    should be a heated blanket saac
  7. faulksy
    looking good jim
  8. faulksy
    nice one alan, need to alter my signature now
  9. faulksy

    4 days left untill the dob mob head for skye for 7 days :icon_biggrin:

    should have some mega reports and pics

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    2. faulksy

      faulksy

      thanks Iain and Alan :icon_biggrin:

    3. Pig

      Pig

      I am sure you guys will have a great time ?

    4. orion25

      orion25

      Can't wait to hear your report and see the pics!

  10. faulksy

    can you believe it, 1 year ago today i collected my 20" mirror. that time past quickly :eek:

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    2. mapstar

      mapstar

      Bet it got some use last night Mike. Crystal clear here all night and looks like I missed a good night:confused3:

    3. faulksy

      faulksy

      it sure did damo :headbang:

    4. Pig

      Pig

      That really has flown by Mike ?

  11. faulksy

    i now have 2 hrs of astro darkness :headbang:

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    2. jetstream

      jetstream

      Reports Mike, we need reports!:thumbsup:

    3. mapstar

      mapstar

      Shame about all this cloud and rain buddy! Hoping it gets it all out of the way now for a crystal clear winter :grin:

    4. faulksy

      faulksy

      it will damian. its going to be a great year for the dobmob :headbang:

  12. faulksy
    oh my god, imagine that
  13. faulksy
    you have no construction lines though
  14. faulksy
    can't remember were i seen that but as they say, every day is a school day. just had a like of your pie eating buddy, ian
  15. faulksy
    those trainers are ace, still have loads of time left in them. oh no the front just fell off
  16. faulksy
    and mirror case finished
  17. faulksy
    trust you
  18. faulksy
    just made a mirror case to make transporting the dob safer
  19. faulksy

    howie glatter laser has landed  :headbang:

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    2. alanjgreen

      alanjgreen

      you have to remove the 1mm adjuster otherwise the glatter can hit the glass of the paracorr if it is in position "A"

    3. faulksy

      faulksy

      hi alan. i use sips, but apparently it can hit that too. didn't get the tublug as you can see the laser hit the end of the coma corrector at the uta end. do you use the tublug ?

      cheers alan

    4. alanjgreen

      alanjgreen

      yes, i use the tublug. it makes adjusting the primary easy as you can see the reflection in the display on the tublug. only downside is that once you get the paracorr + the tublug + glatter laser all in the focuser then it sits out a long way and gravity could pull it down?? if you have a quality focuser then that should be okay.

      the other thing I did was to measure how far the focuser travel is out when I am "in focus" with my most used eyepiece. then i use this focuser drawtube postion as the start position for collimation rather than having the focuser racked all the way in. You should try both ways and see which gives best results.

      I found that having the focuser in the most used postion and collimation from that point meant that I got better stars.

      Alan

  20. faulksy

    2 days left untill the dobmob meet up at mag 22 skys :headbang:

    plenty of pics will follow

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    2. Pig

      Pig

      Of course I would love to but I'm a bit full on atm :happy8:

    3. faulksy

      faulksy

      next time then shaun, you can bring your finder :evil6:

    4. Pig

      Pig

      Yes... I will put an red laser inside it so I can compete with the super RDF's :happy8:

  21. faulksy
    that will be perfect with the ethos
  22. faulksy
    you only need a 60kg counter weight and away you go
  23. faulksy
    here is a pic of my newt and one with its brothers
  24. faulksy
    i can see for miles to the west shane, i think you will be ok
  25. faulksy
    nicely done damo
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