Telrad Mod

[Gweedo]

I'd previously modded my Telrad to put in a dew heater, but it was eating batteries and they made the whole thing a lot heavier so I decided that I'd make a dewshield.

I had some thin titanium sheet and made a paper template to ensure a good fit and attached it with some 0 size machine screws.

Whilst I was at it, I made up some new larger adjusting knobs out of aluminium and knurled them for a better grip. Whilst I was doing this the thought occurred to make a better speed control knob for the focuser so I made one up as well.

[Steep]

That's a really neat job, it looks very professional.

[Fivost]

That looks fantastic!

[majapala]

Great job. Makes my 50p fab foam from hobbycraft home made dew shield look like a blue Peter job (mind you, it does work though).

[JamesM]

Congratulations on a very good job and is robust enough to take on the rough and tumble of packing your kit away if you have to set up each time.

Very inspiring!

James