What did the postman bring?

[laudropb]

A new bit of green and black hopefully to give views of Mars later in the year

[markse68]

2 hours ago, johninderby said:

Some AeroShell 33 airframe grease as recommended by Rowan for the AZ100. 

What colour is it and how does it smell?

[Alan White]

2 hours ago, johninderby said:

Some AeroShell 33 airframe grease as recommended by Rowan for the AZ100. 

Lube needed already?
 

[johninderby]

Boring grey and doesn’t smell. 🙄

Bought it now as it’s hard to find the small packs of it. No problem if you want a pack big enough to do your 737 though.😁

Edited July 11, 2020 by johninderby

[parallaxerr]

3 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Boring grey and doesn’t smell. 🙄

Bought it now as it’s hard to find the small packs of it. No problem if you want a pack big enough to do your 737 though.😁

Yes, very dull stuff. Not like the nostril-ripping, skin peeling aircraft lubricants from back in the day....I still have the scars and get the occasional whiff 🤣

Most of the fun stuff we used to play with is banned now!

Edited July 11, 2020 by parallaxerr

[johninderby]

[Highburymark]

4 hours ago, Solar B said:

Enjoy Brian........

[johninderby]

1. Ah good old Trichloroethylene. 😬

Edited July 11, 2020 by johninderby

[Davey-T]

10 minutes ago, KevS said:

Trichloroethylene was one of my favourites.

Used to have a large tank of that at a place I worked at in my youth, had gas burners under it to produce a degreasing fog, it had a water cooled ring at the top supposed to keep the fog in the tank but it fought a loosing battle, nice Victorian factory, no ventilation, fumes were great for getting high on, exposed extremities went numb after a while, ah elf and safety where were you when I needed you 🤣

Dave

[parallaxerr]

1 hour ago, KevS said:

Trichloroethylene was one of my favourites.

 

1 hour ago, Davey-T said:

Used to have a large tank of that at a place I worked at in my youth, had gas burners under it to produce a degreasing fog, it had a water cooled ring at the top supposed to keep the fog in the tank but it fought a loosing battle, nice Victorian factory, no ventilation, fumes were great for getting high on, exposed extremities went numb after a while, ah elf and safety where were you when I needed you 🤣

Dave

Aah many a clean cylinder head emerged from the trich bath!

[parallaxerr]

1 hour ago, johninderby said:

1. Ah good old Trichloroethylene. 😬

That's a good score. Still got a drab of this in the garage, makes an excellent cannon propellant...

 

[Davey-T]

1 hour ago, johninderby said:

1. Ah good old Trichloroethylene. 😬

I can vouch for the drunkenness, especially when heated 😂

Dave

[johninderby]

Yet another thread that has gone way off topic. 😁

Is it now called “Name That Toxic Chemical”. 🤔

Edited July 11, 2020 by johninderby

[SyedT]

5 hours ago, Raph-in-the-sky said:

I just spent my first £19.95 for AP. I feel this is a slippery slope.

You have no idea. Return it before you slide any further! To be honest if you've made your mind up to do AP then you're already 80% down the slope anyway. 🤣

[andrew s]

The final part of my back to basic system (just who am I kidding).

Regards Andrew 

[Dantooine]

28 minutes ago, andrew s said:

The final part of my back to basic system (just who am I kidding).

Regards Andrew 

That looks very nice. I got a baader prism a couple a few weeks back, only used it twice because of weather but really really like it. Is yours mirror or prism?

[andrew s]

Mirror @Dantooine.

Regards Andrew 

[Ags]

35 minutes ago, andrew s said:

The final part of my back to basic system (just who am I kidding).

 

If you want back to basics, i'll send you my ST80 🤣

[Wyvernp]

Just received my dibond print of my veil mosaic, thrilled to say the least.

The photo makes it look a little washed out when in fact it looks quite the opposite.

Edited July 13, 2020 by Wyvernp

[andrew s]

4 minutes ago, Ags said:

If you want back to basics, i'll send you my ST80 🤣

Sorry mirrors only for me (eyepieces excepted)

Regards Andrew 

[johninderby]

41 minutes ago, andrew s said:

The final part of my back to basic system (just who am I kidding).

Now this is back to basics. 😁😁😁

[Astroscot2]

These two arrived this morning courtesy of a fellow Sgl member, can't wait to try them out. 

[Wyvernp]

More deliveries today!

Going to be turning this into my “electronics” box for my rig. 
Once finish it will have:

- 45amp/hour battery
- 200w pc power supply ( for the 12v rails)
- arduino for the autofocus (myfocuserpro2)
- switched power distribution for mount, cameras, usb hub and dew heaters. (All driven off the psu)

 

Im also considering another arduino that can kill all power using an optical relay. So everything can be turned off at the end of a session. 
 

ill probably make a build thread in diy once I’m done. 

Edited July 14, 2020 by Wyvernp

[ApophisAstros]

QHY183c and a selection og spacers,

Looks like i am doing a Dark library until the weekend.

Roger

[geordie85]

1 hour ago, ApophisAstros said:

QHY183c and a selection og spacers,

Looks like i am doing a Dark library until the weekend.

Roger

I have this camera and the mono version. Very happy with them, you'll need an ir/uv cut filter.