faulksy

New azy and alt bearings surface of David lukehurst 

Bearings now fitted 

2 minutes ago, Pixies said:

Faulksy's back garden for Star Party 2022?

Do you have electrical hook-up?  

yes and tent space 🤣

1 hour ago, niallk said:

Sorry to hear Spain fell through Mike, and best of luck with the new move.

quite happy nial. a lot easier and happier

15 minutes ago, bomberbaz said:

Have you taken tgese readi gs from a lp map, cos they are not most accurate. However if you can get 21.82, that is black, milky way casting a shadow dark!

took the readings myself steve 😆

9 minutes ago, wookie1965 said:

Closer to the Bala site?

closer to elan valley

1 minute ago, bomberbaz said:

Horsehead skies them mate, m33 easy naked eye. Not a lot out of amateur visual range tbf. Not one bit jealous though 🙄

just looking on light pollution map. to the west nearest town is 90 km and south is 80 km which is brecon 🤣

just waiting for solicitors to pull there fingers out

4 km from the house is 21.82

im moving soon to a near bortle 3 area measures with my sqm 21.68 should be ace 😆 this is uk, spain fell through. 8 weeks left untill we move to mid wales

9 hours ago, wookie1965 said:

Wow very spacious never even thought of them. will they go to the astronomy site nears Bala, I know you have said before my Vectra would not go up it. 

no problem going anywere in them paul. your vectra would be fine as well

just google wav vehicles 👍

i bought a peugeot expert tepee. has all the seats which bolt in and out, but has a tailgate. just wheel my 20" in and all the camping gear kids etc.

best vehicle i have ever had

mine is a ex disability with lowered floor super low mileage and well maintained

Here you go.

2 hours ago, LaurenceT said:

No Mike, I abandoned the project after a few futile weeks. I found the vanes of the secondary holder to be very twisted and the mirror slightly chipped. I decided life was too short to continue attempting the repair/collimation so I got rid of it. I was very lucky to source an excellent used 130pds from a local member of this forum who been very helpful to me in the past, I'm very happy with it.

Thanks for asking.

that is great news Laurence 👍

On 08/04/2022 at 15:28, LaurenceT said:

I've been struggling with the collimation of my 130pds Newtonian so I sent it off for professional collimation. This is what I see looking down the drawer tube, to me it looks as though a vane has been bent, opinions please.

did you get this sorted ?

4 minutes ago, davhei said:

I’d be interested to know what laminate it is. If you are able to ascertain somehow.

no info on this, except david said he uses it on all his dobs and its the best material so far.

i will put a pic up later

On 07/03/2022 at 19:46, NGC 1502 said:

Some time ago a local clubmate of mine bought the appropriate laminate from David Lukehurst. David is well known to those into premium Dobs.

It’s probably a good idea to contact David and ask if he can still help.

i contacted david. he supplied me with 3000mm x 40mm for my alt bearings and a square piece 600mm x 600mm for my azy bearing for £40 inc postage

what a awsome dude

fitting it all today 🤣

i emailed David lukehurst today to see what he uses and can he supply some.

i will let you know the outcome 👍

shame you dont live closer to me. could be sorted in 30 mins. if you want to travel to me thats not a problem mate. soon sort it. FOC  of course.

moonshane showed me so just share the love

hope to include my dark sky location in spain later this year with the 20" if people are interested 👍

what a lovely read. it is amazing what we can see. keep looking up mate and clear skys

Just wondering what the best material is for dob bearings with ptfe pads. My bearings are painted with hammerite.  But I know some use formica ?

What do you use and any links.

And what do you use to bond it.? 

Impact adhesive maybe.

Thanks

21 minutes ago, bomberbaz said:

TBH mate when I got there the site was a bog, got out of car and sank in mud.

My mojo crumbled and came home.

I should have gone to my other hard standing site but never really thought about it.

Might do some garden observing tonight, not the best but it is still better than nothing at all.

That reminds me of the first time I went to my dark sky site. When I got there in the dark on my own I bottled it and came home 🤣

looking good for tonight steve. moon wont be to bad. take any clear skys you can👍

Scope is out cooling, only in my garden Testing my lowered mirror box and boundry layer fans 😁

great catch magnus. it isnt very good visual or shall i say is that it. but its great to bag it