Heritage 130p Light shroud.

[cotterless45]

Made this out of a Poundland 10L stuff sac. Cut the end off, cut a hole for the focusser. Cut 2 holes for the truss locking bolts and left enough flop for the truss to move up and down.

Stuck it on with double sided tape.

This is a prototype, will probably sew elastic on each end to hold. It's clear of the mirror .

Anyone else come up with a good'un ?

Nick.

[JamesF]

You really seem to be getting into modding stuff at the moment, Nick. Has it been cloudy up your way for a while?

James

[cotterless45]

You'll find retirement proves that there's not enough hours in the day!

We had an few hours on the Moon the other night, otherwise Middle Earth is in cloud.

Nick.

[mr saddo]

yeah good, i made one out of black card just wrap it round.

[happy-kat]

How is your stuff sack mod performing?

I wondered if it collapses inwards at all when the tube is open.

I like the flexibility of this as it does not interfere with the collapsing mechanisam

[Scott]

forget the shroud, I'm more impressed with the tripod mod

Scott

[Torin]

Great modding - will certainly keep this in mind. Do you have any other plans for the 130p?

[alan g]

Hi Nick.

This is the shield I made out of 2mm foam sheeting, you just wrap it around the scope and I glued a velcro strip onto it to ensure a snug fit.

I have been trying to find black 5" flexiduct, the kind of thing that goes on the back of small extractor fans in your house , my idea being to fit this inside the end of the scope and then it would concertina back into the main tube when your finished but I'm having trouble tracking down black flexiduct.

[alan g]

Hi Nick.

This is the shield I made out of 2mm foam sheeting, you just wrap it around the scope and I glued a velcro strip onto it to ensure a snug fit.

I have been trying to find black 5" flexiduct, the kind of thing that goes on the back of small extractor fans in your house , my idea being to fit this inside the end of the scope and then it would concertina back into the main tube when your finished but I'm having trouble tracking down black flexiduct.

[alan g]

OOP'S.

[Jimmy Rocket]

Might sound like a daft question but why fit a shroud? what does it accomplish?? 

[Stu]

8 minutes ago, Jimmy Rocket said:

Might sound like a daft question but why fit a shroud? what does it accomplish?? 

Not daft at all. It cuts out stray light and reflections from the tube and improves the contrast. I also found that my breath was causing tube currents, particularly obvious at higher power, and a shroud stops this happening too.

Here is my version, not perfect by any means but it works.