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22 minutes ago, Stardust1 said:
Hi Pat,
I know this is an old post. But I was wondering how the shroud worked out for you? Did you make one?
My dobson has also three truss poles, just like yours. I would like to make or buy a Light shrouds. But I'm hesitant as the shroud might cut some light.
Yes still does the job and does it well if your worried you can make,metal hoops the same ones that are in wedding dresses but to be honnest it does not cut to much light
I have tested it on dimmer galaxies shroud on and no shroud it made little to no change to brightness or contrast
keep looking up
Pat
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Hi and welcome enjoy the lounge and welcome back
Pat
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Update
It turns out you do need a needle to stitch Lycra nylon mix my neighbor tried last night and yes " aright job it was" the needle is called a ballpoint internet job now ordered
pat
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Hi well back from town they had three grades of nylon Lycra how to describe them grade 1 rubbish,grade 2 not so rubbish but thicker a bit heavy ,grade three with a £6 pound per metre price supper heavy and easy to sew ( famous last words ) so,here's my plan note pic below
A/B are as you guess top and bottom of scope
the three verticals lines are the truss tubes
parts ,1,2,3 camping matts cut down to each size, I,found 10" of,camping Matt does not un-balance the scope
my plan is to glue Velcro to part s 1 and 3 along the dotted lines on pic
I will have a 2" band with no Velcro. ( subject to trail and error this may turn in to 3 or 4 pieces)
with the black Lycra will sew Velcro top and bottom lenght of this 29"
This may not work out but I have nothing to loose I will not cut the Lycra to size I will most prob lightly sew it on for test purpose as if the 2" camp matt does not keep it from of the truss tubes and interfere with the light path
Pat
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Just to test things will goto town and hand sow it just to see what it looks like and what it will cut out on the light path it's only a few quid and it's nothing if it all goes wrong I do appreciate all comments so far and a group average on a discussion is better than a single thought
pat
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1 minute ago, Daniel-K said:
my mate did mine ok. you must have been using the wrong needles
What a will do is check with my neighbour and see what she says ,I see destiny there also a player a may just hold of till I get a reply from the company in the states then
Pat
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Right am off to town now to buy some material ,my neighbour as just said she as a sowing machine ,i will still email the company in the states ,a local shop as black Lycra material cheap she said on the phone ,it's finding some thing to make the loops,from and she said we'll see what we can do
pat
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I just hope when I go to my local town Thursday the local wedding dress shop ,does not think I am mad ,just for the record I to stay clear of women's clothes ?
Pat
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1 minute ago, swamp thing said:
I see what you mean (nice scope BTW)
How about making some rings up out of plastic or lightweight wood that run around the trusses. So they make a kind of tube for the material to run around? Any semi rigid lightweight material should do the trick.
You cold even sew them into some kind of pockets so they became part of the shroud.
That sounds good to me a wonder if ribs that are used in wedding dress's could be used you see some with loops in ?
pat
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Thanks all so it a conundrum I will e mail the said company in the states and send pics and see what' they think ,if this is a non starter ,what else would any one suggest ,when the scopes in the obsy i do not need any shrouds ect.Its when people come round to view with me am worried they will drop some thing or when I travel to dark sites I would like one
pat
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Hi a little advice needed here ,I see all these great shrouds on big dobs 16",18" ect are these custom made ? Or of the shelf I did try and use my home made ones I used camping matts , and some flocking material ,I also tried to make one from black material .not have in a sowing machine sowing by hand was a pain ,but the camp Matt ones unbalance my scope ,what I want to know Is if I use a tight fitting one made from material spandex does it cut the light out as it will pull tight against the three truss poles ? Will this cut the apature down ?
Pat
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Hi there that's crazy for that money I would exspect good quality at least and if you do not mind me saying. A good gust of wind and it looks like it would fall over ,and boy it's ugly looking as well ,that said am sure the views are good with this scope am sure you will learn to love it
pat
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Hi and welcome to the lounge from me
Pat
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Nice write up pics always help with sort of thing ,some follow pics better than reading :}
Pat
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Great dedication ,what's the longest image time wise for amatuer s ?
Pat
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Ordered Friday afternoon tracking was provided came this morning 09:00 fast prompt as normal ,I did contact before I ordered to check stock thanks all at FLO
Pat
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Ordered coli cap couple a days ago and came today normal,service prompt as ever well packaged and instruction great bit of kit better than a cap,with hole in .why because it's silver underneath
Pat
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Hi and welcome from me enjoy Sgl
Pat
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Orion Mini Giant 9x63's... Unusual exit pupil,but I really like these binoculars. They gather a heap of light and have a lovely sharp and contrasty view.
Canon 18x50 Image Stabilised... Now these binoculars I freaking LOVE!!! The view is spectacular, the 18x mag resolves so many more stars in the sky than the 9x's and the image stabilisation works an absolute treat!! I've (only just) resolved Saturns rings hand held with these (true, I promise) and last night got my first glimpse of Jupiter and all four Galilean moons plus a couple cloud bands (ok, now I'm lying, I couldn't really see the cloud bands!). Never feel the need to mount them... And at that magnification, this says a lot for how well the IS works!
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Carl zeiss 10x50
celestron20 x80
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Works fine on FF 23.0.1 here
Light shrouds for trusstube dob
in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
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Hi ,yes not if tou at a dark sky spot bjt its also a safety net as well plus it keeps the dist and other stuff outits so easy,to drop some thing and a 16" mirror is not some thing id like to replace ive dropped many eps pens ect when around the scope
pat