They don't make 'em... (Telescope - BBC "Repair Shop")

[Macavity]

Someone's Grandad's "Labour of Love"! Video curtailed... but it DID work! 😎

 

[DaveL59]

saw that episode, nice bit of work making that himself for sure and wonderful they wanted to have it restored to be treasured and used by the next generations  

[DaveS]

As I recall they sent the main mirror off to OOUK for recoating.

A real classic home-build telescope from the old days.

[Gina]

I saw it too.  Very interesting.

[Swoop1]

I had seen this one before I think- wasn't the tube made from old shop window roller shutter?

[Macavity]

12 hours ago, Swoop1 said:

I had seen this one before I think- wasn't the tube made from old shop window roller shutter?

Dunno... probably. I think that's what attracted me to it! "When I were a lad", I started to make
a six inch "skelton tube" Newt -- My Dad made me some 9-ply "hexagons" - It had 3/4" wood
dowel struts. Skills... cost... school/uni etc. Somehow it never quite reached completion. 🙄🤣

But, at the time (late 60's early 70's), buying / making a *tube* seemed a significant obstacle?
Who knows... I might have started REAL Astronomy 30-40 years earlier? There's a thought! 🥳

Edited July 11, 2020 by Macavity