What did the postman bring?

[arrayschism]

@Gina wow! Those are cheap - I use rather bigger versions of these at work. I hope that these ones from Amazon come with the small plastic insert that prevents you losing all the bearings should you slide them completely off the rails!

[JamesF]

Perhaps drill close to the end and put a screw in as an end-stop just in case

James

[arrayschism]

@JamesF We install switches at the end of the travel to prevent our operators overrunning the rails - could be an expensive incident otherwise 🤔

[Gina]

The rails come with just a cable tie in the end holes so not really.  I shall put a protruding screw in each end to prevent the block sliding off when I build the printer.

[Gina]

Yes, they are suspiciously cheap but if they last a couple of years they won't cost much to replace.

[Alan White]

Post person been and delivered my curiosity item for this month.
Having read about torches and headlights on recent posts, one person mentioned these as super dim.

The quality is much better than the Celestron / Skywatcher offerings and all sealed with o rings etc.
Very nice indeed.
But in defence of the others at about £10, the cost has a big part in this as its £25.
Bought via 365Astronomy as my favoured supplier FLO does not list these.

I will do a short comparison with the Celestron offering and post it up soon.



 

[tekkydave]

18 minutes ago, Gina said:

Yes, they are suspiciously cheap but if they last a couple of years they won't cost much to replace.

I discovered the easy way to install these is to put M3x8mm bolts through 4 of the holes with proper t-nuts attached (not square nuts). You can then just align the nuts and push it onto the V-slot. Turning the M3 bolts will then turn and tighten up the nuts.

[johninderby]

A 14MP microscope camera with 0.5x reducer for microscope use and a 1.25” nosepiece for astro use. Should be OK for lunar imaging. Uses a micro SD  card for image capture and has a remote. Resolution is much higher for images captured to the card than with the hdmi output.

 

Edited November 22, 2019 by johninderby

[JeremyS]

Ready for the next time I order anything astro:

[tekkydave]

7 hours ago, Gina said:

Yes, they are suspiciously cheap but if they last a couple of years they won't cost much to replace.

I've just ordered another 2 for the D-Bot x-axis 😮

 

[Gina]

I've ordered the other 5 for my Mini printer - 2 each for X, Y and Z.  I'm having "fun" designing it all in CAD software - big job!  Blog.

[Robny]

An EQ6R Pro, ordered from IAS, I requested for the delivery date to be today....and was very pleased when it turned up as promised.

It's a bit of a beast when its next to my HEQ5, thought that was big 😂😂

[arrayschism]

Circuit boards for the home build dew controller (Rob Brown's). Excellent service from JLCPCB, less than excellent service from DHL. Still, they found their way to my work after a few days of suspense... Really looking forward to getting on and soldering it all up

 

Edited November 28, 2019 by arrayschism
Typo

[david_taurus83]

Ready for a Star Adventurer

 

This is my first "decent" camera tripod. Manfrotto are currently offering £50 cashback if bought from an authorized dealer.

[JeremyS]

13 hours ago, david_taurus83 said:

his is my first "decent" camera tripod. Manfrotto are currently offering £50 cashback if bought from an authorized dealer.

Thanks for the heads up on this Manfrotto offer. I just went to the Wex website and they have a Black Friday deal with 25% on the 055. It also seems to say you get get the £50 cashback on top! This seems amazing if true!

[robbymain]

6 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Thanks for the heads up on this Manfrotto offer. I just went to the Wex website and they have a Black Friday deal with 25% on the 055. It also seems to say you get get the £50 cashback on top! This seems amazing if true!

I just placed an order with Wex after seeing this! 25% off a MT055XPRO3 (tripod only) which is usually £150 for the sweet price of £62 after the £50 cashback?! Thankyou!!!

Edited November 29, 2019 by robbymain
Removed some exclamation marks

[david_taurus83]

Glad you guys are getting a great deal! I placed my order before the 25% offer was applied so only 50 quid cash back for me!

[Astroscot2]

On 05/11/2019 at 19:18, david_taurus83 said:

David, did you get your 6d modified or purchased ready modified?

[johninderby]

1.25” crayford focuser for my Bresser 127mak from Telescope Express and a lovely bit of kit it is. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Details to be posted in my thread on the Bresser Messier 127 Mak.

 

Edited November 30, 2019 by johninderby

[david_taurus83]

1 hour ago, Astroscot2 said:

David, did you get your 6d modified or purchased ready modified?

I bought it from Juan already modified. So far I am very impressed. Stars are nice and tight and it is far less noisy than a 600D which I used to have. He also offers a modification service where you just send him your own camera and he removes the filter.

https://m.cheapastrophotography.com/

[Jforson]

On 29/11/2019 at 11:20, JeremyS said:

Thanks for the heads up on this Manfrotto offer. I just went to the Wex website and they have a Black Friday deal with 25% on the 055. It also seems to say you get get the £50 cashback on top! This seems amazing if true!

That is brilliant. Thanks for noting this, exactly what I am after!

[JeremyS]

Carry/storage bag for Berlebach Planet tripod.

[Stu]

11 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Carry/storage bag for Berlebach Planet tripod.

Coincidentally this arrived yesterday, rather excitingly a Berlebach Planet to use with a future AZ100. I'll try the test unit out on it next chance I get, should be a useful stability improvement even over the Uni 28.

Can't be opened until my birthday tomorrow! 😁😁

[Alan White]

1 minute ago, Stu said:

Coincidentally this arrived yesterday, rather excitingly a Berlebach Planet to use with a future AZ100. I'll try the test unit out on it next chance I get, should be a useful stability improvement even over the Uni 28.

Can't be opened until my birthday tomorrow! 😁😁

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Stu 🎂

[Stu]

25 minutes ago, Alan White said:

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Stu 🎂

Thank you Alan.

It's a big one!! 😱😱