Tinker1947

Well its not exactly a case although they do get put inside if i'm out for the day.....EP's are in my signature handy for changing over while viewing don't have to leave the chair if its Ne to SE just spin on the chair, it self centring (Ebay a Fiver plus £5 delivery)  

Sorry for the dark image, raining so can't open the roof.......

brighten this one in photobucket.

I assume this requires and has the Ascom Driver installed as well..

http://ascom-standards.org/

Your ally pole get a suitable broom handle or hardwood dowel 2.8m length and push it through the ally tube so it won't bend in the wind and with a good fit allow the pipe to be clamped at the bottom......I have in the passed used plastic pipe with a wooden insert there very stable and cheap...

Seems my Obby PC won't fire up, spent the last couple of hours setting up another PC, mostly software downloads, its such fun, cheered myself up and ordered a Skill Saw...

There not quite round stars, but to  me seem to be trailing all the same way, so it could just be guiding that's at fault.....perhaps get the the PA sorted and see how that goes.....

A thread to follow....

I brought a Astrozap for my C11 from FLO arrived Tuesday, used it last night, the corrector plate after a couple of hours still looked like a piece of crystal glass (it may well be anyway) i would recommend one for you setup Gina, i know we like to make our own i had a piece of cell foam and a dew strap, the cell foam kept going out of shape, the Astrozap is a sort of sprung plastic, flocked inside with a heave duty velcro down the join, the dew heater i haven't really looked at  but it works on a Maplin PSU ok, the lead is ok about 6' long,  its tidy and when the sun comes out (maybe next week) a photo will follow.....Well done with the replacement scope by the way.....

All the clouds will probably sit over manchester as usual 

Not tonight Dave, get the kit cooling..

I have Venus and the Moon in the South West, your bands on the radar are going to  clear should be a good night over most of the UK.....

Well i hope there's tea and jaffa cakes to refresh you when you arrive...

Well its good that it seems cured by one means or another, just got to wait for a clear night.

Yep, i would block them as any source of light could stray in,,,,we have had the moon out this week that wouldn't help at all.....

I know nothing about how the internals work ect, but would some flocking not help on any surface that doesn't need to reflect photons...the first picture with the little white bits would be a prime suspect for me...

If you don't have a knurling tool there on ebay..........

RDGTOOLS LATHE KNURLING TOOL 3/8" shank FOR MINI LATHE

I hope you will be wearing something like this when you at the lathe....

http://www.axminster.co.uk/scan-standard-face-shield-visor

Put together very well....

i have never done any thread making, but i would think you make the internal and external threads and any rebates on a large lump of bar, then use a parting off tool to cut of the spacer....well i think that's how i would go about it...

If your making your own adapter, go the the extra mile and make it variable in length, say 2/3rds of your required length for a female section and 2/3rds for a male section both bits threaded so winding them together gives a shorter spacer right down to thou's  of a inch, if doing the threads is a bit difficult i'm sure a slide and clamp system would work...you can buy 42mm tapes but there in the £200 + range....

That's very nice indeed.....

Rothervalleyoptics.com do Telrad spare parts and one of the items is genuine  replacement sticky pad.

Nicely put together.......

Case conversion, mentioned in thread some time back, so here's mine,,,1" of foam then a 2" layer with another 1" in the lid, Efoam supplied the foam.....used a 4 1/2" grinder to remove the plastic bits....

wonder what happened there...

Case conversion, mentioned in thread some time back, so here's mine,,,1" of foam then a 2" layer with another 1" in the lid, Efoam supplied the foam.....used a 4 1/2" grinder to remove the plastic bits....

You may find heating the tube under or around the existing tape may allow it to be removed and used on another tube....spare bases are cheapish......less than a tenner....

Very nice set of EP's as you say all bases are covered.....My 5mm XW got some good (its not happened to often) seeing this week, and its made me wonder if i should go for the 3.5mm XW in my 10" reflector..???