Daniel-K

is it green? :P

lol no its brown like wood :)

12mm should be sufficient tbh it seems strong enough on the climbing wall i go to so should be ok on your scope.if you need extra stiffness just reinforce it in the necessary areas rather than bulk up the whole thing

i have ordered a sheet of 18mm far eastern ply seems to have a nice finish,i cant see two 18"circles weighing to much :)

as said, 18mm is enough for a climbing wall, 12 flexes a bit under bodyweight but it should be fine for a dob :)

very familiar...

Why are you planning to hog out your quattro mirror into an f/3:D

lol no me and my mate are nearly there with out 16" F4.5 mirror :) rang orion optics today about coating it as there only about 25 min drive away. now we can start making plans for the design

at least you have clear skies, forgot what a star looks like :(

Getting tempted by big fast scopes eh Dan?

yeah lol !!!!

aren't they all?

When was the last time you got something for yourself Dan?? Go on treat yourself! You need (cough*) another scope! lol

You remember how good those spiral arms in M51 looked in your old 16" Dan? Well there you go! ;-)

CCD, why not take an amazing image of those spiral arms then you will never forget them ;)

well the bad news is it looks like telescope house have sold out of the LB16" so maybe a SW 14 inch Flexi have to wait till monday if i can get it

Black Betty had a child wam boo lam!!!

:)

I hope they are right, that would be one hell of a sight.

I'm working today too, but fell asleep at the wheel as it were last night, around 3.30am so packed up then...

4 more shifts for me then its a lovely 18 days off.

I'm not til Tuesday :D

its worse the other way round!!!