What did the postman bring?

[Laurieast]

4 minutes ago, Craney said:

Looks like an insulator from a pylon ??  

Looks like a bearing it's sitting on?

[Stardaze]

38 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Just don’t get tempted to short cut the job

Was thinking of a good old Brillo pad as it comes supplied with the soap too. 😆

[Alan White]

42 minutes ago, Craney said:

Looks like an insulator from a pylon ??  

This could become a competition....

I agree on both counts, the competition will of course take an SGL detour to who knows where 🤣

 

[Bridgehouse]

6 minutes ago, Alan White said:

I agree on both counts, the competition will of course take an SGL detour to who knows where 🤣

 

So long as the prize isn't a newtonian tube made out of granite...!

[johninderby]

23 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

So long as the prize isn't a newtonian tube made out of granite...!

Or a nice heavy duty iron one? 😁😁😁

[Andy ES]

1 hour ago, callisto said:

Nice mount...but I'm more interested in that extra large drill bit behind 🤣

I think this is an indoor porcelain insulator from a bit of Reyrolle 132kv switchgear 1960s vintage.

its indoors because the insulator sheds are flat as they should not be getting wet.

In my experience they often did when the substation roof leaked. 😁

 

[Bridgehouse]

7 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Or a nice heavy duty iron one? 😁😁😁

What the heck kind of Bahtinov Mask is that???

[johninderby]

Just now, Bridgehouse said:

What the heck kind of Bahtinov Mask is that???

Air vents for the mirror end? 🤔

[Bridgehouse]

3 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Air vents for the mirror end? 🤔

I’d be more concerned about rust on my primary tbh!

[johninderby]

Thought of a suitable title for the photo I posted.😁

   If Isambard Kingdom Brunel made a Newtoian telescope.

Edited October 26, 2021 by johninderby

[badhex]

17 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

What the heck kind of Bahtinov Mask is that???

I think it's technically an uncommon variant  known as a "Dibnah mask" 😂

[badhex]

Everyone is sort of right but no one has it exactly. It's a massive insulator, but not from a pylon.

When I moved to Berlin there was a computer repair shop that had a few large insulators for sale. My partner and I both really wanted to get one as a room decoration (we're both weird like that) so we saved up the asking price of several hundred euros over many months. We even bought a trolley specifically for that purchase, but when we turned up to the shop he refused to sell us any of them, deciding they were too rare and no longer for sale even though we offered more money.

Anyway, years later we got friendly with a salvage yard and two (as above) turned up in there one day. The owner yet again did not want to sell them, but we eventually managed to convince him to part with one based on the fact that we had bought three very large, very old and very expensive neon letters (spelling ICH) from them a few months prior, which came from a once famous hotel in Germany (Heinrich Heine Hotel).

I do not know the exact place where the insulator came from, only that it was part of the 110kV side of the substation/switching station in a factory in Berlin, and the salvagers had to get in there and remove them by hand themselves prior to demolishing the building.

The date on it is 1980 as far as I can tell, there's also a logo which is a bit unclear, as well as the code VIFS110 1980.

[callisto]

3 minutes ago, badhex said:

Everyone is sort of right but no one has it exactly. It's a massive insulator, but not from a pylon.

When I moved to Berlin there was a computer repair shop that had a few large insulators for sale. My partner and I both really wanted to get one as a room decoration (we're both weird like that) so we saved up the asking price of several hundred euros over many months. We even bought a trolley specifically for that purchase, but when we turned up to the shop he refused to sell us any of them, deciding they were too rare and no longer for sale even though we offered more money.

Anyway, years later we got friendly with a salvage yard and two (as above) turned up in there one day. The owner yet again did not want to sell them, but we eventually managed to convince him to part with one based on the fact that we had bought three very large, very old and very expensive neon letters (spelling ICH) from them a few months prior, which came from a once famous hotel in Germany (Heinrich Heine Hotel).

I do not know the exact place where the insulator came from, only that it was part of the 110kV side of the substation/switching station in a factory in Berlin, and the salvagers had to get in there and remove them by hand themselves prior to demolishing the building.

The date on it is 1980 as far as I can tell, there's also a logo which is a bit unclear, as well as the code VIFS110 1980.

Very cool...makes a great talking piece 

[Simon Pepper]

It’s arrived from Germany 🇩🇪 It’s cloudy outside!!  Can’t wait to get first light on this one! 

[Andy ES]

1 hour ago, badhex said:

the asking price of several hundred euros

I think must have chucked hundreds of thousands of pounds in the skip then  in my time ! 😂

[fifeskies]

Delos 14mm from a member on here.  Mint condition.

 

Looks like all the clouds escaped the packaging despite careful opening.

 

[JeremyS]

[HollyHound]

1 hour ago, fifeskies said:

Looks like all the clouds escaped the packaging despite careful opening.

Damn, I thought I checked none were in there before closing the box 🤣

🤞

[bomberbaz]

My latest addition, my current 30mm casts to big of a exit pupil in my dob where as this brings it in at under 6mm

[Laurieast]

EQ 3-2 Duel axis motors from FLO. For those days you don't want to set up the GOTO. 

 

[badhex]

The first of two Primaluce saddle, missing from the previous delivery, now attached. It's a very well made piece of kit.

Edited October 27, 2021 by badhex

[johninderby]

A set of Svbony T2 extenstions and very well made and finished they are too. 👍🏻

[Telescope40]

Hello all. Been a very good boy these last few months with a complete lack of purchasing. 
However - fancied this kit for my Stellarvue 102frac. Already had Primaluce tube rings on my SW 150.  Think it’s quality kit. 
From FLO and Widescreen Centre. 
105 tube rings and Stellamira handle. Already had the Primaluce dovetail bar. Does nothing to look thru the scope but a bit of bling is good on the eye. 
John 

[Franklin]

It's so cute!🙂

I've been intrigued by this little Vixen and have wanted one for a while. Mint off ABS.

 

[Bridgehouse]

12 minutes ago, Franklin said:

It's so cute!🙂

I've been intrigued by this little Vixen and have wanted one for a while. Mint off ABS.

 

Nice! What size is it?