Recycled telescope tube pier

[theghettostylus]

Sorry if it as in the wrong place!

I used my old skywatcher 130 with a broken focuser to make my pier. It had a solid base and fully filled with concrete... It's for visual/webcam and maybe piggyback work. I know it's a bodge but I like to recycle and couldn't get hold of rebar.

Also.. Sorry for the sideways photo.

[Dazzyt66]

Novel idea, hopefully the mirror was poor too as you could've replaced the focusser? [emoji6]

Looks good tho! [emoji3]

Dazzyt

FirstScope (soon to be Skyliner 200p)

[Mick J]

Great stuff, well done - good job you removed the broken focuser off the old tube or I would have been totally confused   

[Joseki]

and if the one on top misbehaves it knows what's going to happen   Great bit of recycling there!

[seo]

Excellent recycling idea !

[Stub Mandrel]

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Seems a bit harsh on the poor old scope!

What did you do with the mirror?

[Mrbloke]

Sacrilege, that's scope murder. 

[Mrbloke]

Mafia style

[theghettostylus]

The mirrors are perfectly fine and safe in the house. I used the old scope because I had a new scope and new I would never use it again and the spiders in the shed have plenty of placed to live aha