What did the postman bring?

[DaveS]

Alternative wood cut blade for the mitre saw I have coming, and a multimeter

Check out the name on the meter

[McNewt]

7 hours ago, johninderby said:

Well DPD brought it from Germany actually. 🙂

Nice!  Now that my mount was delivered one of these are at the top of the list.

[knobby]

Nothing ... Said I wasn't in 😒

[MilwaukeeLion]

8mm

[Alan White]

30 minutes ago, MilwaukeeLion said:

8mm

Now that is cool item.
I take it you have an 8mm Projector.

[Highburymark]

Looking forward to using this new eyepiece for Moon, doubles and planets - Takahasho TOE 3.3mm

[DaveS]

Rawlbolts and drill for anchoring the pier to the obsy platform.

 

The projecting studs are much longer than shown on the Screwfix site, but looks like the correct product. Still, I do have an angle grinder so can cut off the excess.

The pier needs 8 X 12 mm bolts, unlike many that use fewer but bigger.

Edited October 11, 2019 by DaveS

[Davey-T]

18 minutes ago, DaveS said:

Still, I do have an angle grinder so can cut off the excess.

It looks neater if you leave enough to screw stainless steel dome nuts on top.

Dave

 

[DaveS]

Even neater if the pier bolts down from the inside, no projecting studs at all. See photo in my obsy build thread.

[tooth_dr]

4 minutes ago, DaveS said:

Even neater if the pier bolts down from the inside, no projecting studs at all. See photo in my obsy build thread.

Im interested in this, but cant see a photo of your thread, just some wood.

[Davey-T]

4 minutes ago, DaveS said:

Even neater if the pier bolts down from the inside, no projecting studs at all. See photo in my obsy build thread.

That looks a tricky thing to bolt down 

Dave

[DaveS]

6 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Im interested in this, but cant see a photo of your thread, just some wood.

It's at the top left of the photo, but here's a close up

The black disk is the base of the DDM85.

Yes, it is a bit tricky, but having unbolted it from the plywood square it came on, I think I can bolt it down.

[johninderby]

A couple of ADM mini Vixen clamps for fitting the carry handle to the 8” Cassegrain.

[Alan White]

Post Person attended again today, excepting the two bills and Spam Mail.
Got this delivered.

Foam sheet for a EP case internal rebuild, it's a wet weekend forecast,
so may start sooner than expected.

[johninderby]

Finder bracket for the 8” Cassegrain. 🙂

[MilwaukeeLion]

15 hours ago, Alan White said:

Now that is cool item.
I take it you have an 8mm Projector.

Yes 8 & 16 something about smell and noise of running projector sets atmosphere especially at parties.  Have 4 vintage cams, 16 and three 8's.  No batteries or charging needed..

[Alan White]

Well my well worked postal operative delivered this morning.
Purchases from eBay out of curiosity more than need.

A pair of OOUK 6" Rings, to see how big a VX tube really looks like,
glad I did as notably smaller than a SW150p.
Best bit is my curiosity didn't cost a lot either.
 

[Sagitta]

An Ethos 10mm 😍.

 

[Stub Mandrel]

46 minutes ago, Alan White said:

Well my well worked postal operative delivered this morning.
Purchases from eBay out of curiosity more than need.

A pair of OOUK 6" Rings, to see how big a VX tube really looks like,
glad I did as notably smaller than a SW150p.
Best bit is my curiosity didn't cost a lot either.
 

What's the ID of those? If it suits and your really don't actually want them, I may be able to use them!

[Alan White]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

What's the ID of those? If it suits and your really don't actually want them, I may be able to use them!

154/5 mm but I may yet have use I am sorry to say,
Depends on the way I take things forward.
 

[Captain Scarlet]

Arrived yesterday, courtesy of @bendiddley, my new (for me) 8" reflector. Needless to say, I was incapable of unpacking it all on my own, so I got lots of help, as you can see...

 

[Danjc]

Picked These up from Johninderby earlier and is a definite improvement over the standard SW ED80 focuser. 

 

[bendiddley]

Nothing like opening the box of a new telescope! Looks like the cats enjoyed it as much as you!

[johninderby]

But will the Cats Eyes help with the collimation?  😁😁😁

 

 

Sorry couldn’t resist. 

[Stub Mandrel]

On 12/10/2019 at 17:01, Alan White said:

154/5 mm but I may yet have use I am sorry to say,
Depends on the way I take things forward.
 

Let me know if you change your mind, thanks.