The strangest thing ever bodged onto a telescope

[Glider]

Whilst figuring out how to get my finderguider mounted on my ED80 I spent an hour rooting through my Dads shed.

Here is my offering for the title; "The strangest thing ever bodged onto a telescope", it's the bit of plastic that mounts cupboard hinges into kitchen unit carcasses.

Incredibly the holes in it matched up with holes in the OTA and the ring bracket.

Can anyone beat that?

[Starblazer]

Brilliant Surprising what can be found deep within some people garages haha, sometimes, like today, just what the good doctor ordered.

[Space Beagle]

Blokes and sheds eh!

This is what make Britain great!

We are the greatest bodgers in the world, he he!

Doc

[michaelmorris]

How about the short-lived craze for piggy-back Halibut scopes?

[davy999]

LOL

Now that is just daft!

[Brett]

You cant beat a good bodge:headbang: Im in the process of building a sterling engine with bits from my shed File:MM-7 Stirling Engine.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

Out of interest does anyone build stuff like this ?

Brett

[sbooder]

I want a Halibut scope, where do you get them?...I guessing the wet optics shop.

[Ibbo!]

I want a Halibut scope, where do you get them?...I guessing the wet optics shop.

I'd like to have a quick pike though that

but it would have to be in the right plaice

Steve

[sbooder]

I have built two Stirling engines. If you go to Airpot > Piston-Cylinder Set Specifications and contact them, they will send you a free piston sample, which you can use for your stirling engine.

[Psychobilly]

Theres something fishy about that halibut scope pic... it doesn't smell right....

Billy...

[sbooder]

I think this Halibut scope, is nothing more than a red herring.

[Paxo]

Must have put him back a few squid as well.

Steve..

[sbooder]

Also I believe that the Halibut scope was a cheaper clone of the earlier Telescope fish that can be found here Telescope Goldfish (Red) I think astronomers stop using them because the goto system had to be reset every time it was used, it had no memory you see.

[LukeSkywatcher]

How about the short-lived craze for piggy-back Halibut scopes?

Is that a fish-eye lens?

[kris h]

Was you having Stargazy pie last night ?

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[keith5700]

You cant beat a good bodge:headbang: Im in the process of building a sterling engine with bits from my shed File:MM-7 Stirling Engine.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

Out of interest does anyone build stuff like this ?

Brett

I built this last year when I got a bit bored.

[brantuk]

Looks like a swashplate

[LukeSkywatcher]

Helicopter rotor?

[yesyes]

Yeah, looks like the centre of a heli rotor with the contraption to change the blade angle.

Anyway, I'm also one of these people who like to keep things that look like they have the slightest chance of ever getting re-used. Much to my girlfriend's dismay. ;-)

The plastic bit above looks very much like something I'd definitely keep.

Some of the bits will be kept for many years before being used. Some will probably never be used, but you never know.

I do enjoy the satisfaction of thinking "Am I glad I kept that bit many years ago!" Especially when it's being use for something I build / fix for my girlfriend who wanted me to get rid of that same bit... ;-)

[barkis]

Looks a bit flimsy when you consider the forces impacting on that small hub, I know it's tough enough, it just doesn't look it.

Looks nice too. Almost pretty in fact .

Ron.

[FraserClarke]

I'd worry that would make the telescope vibrate too much if you straped onto the OTA....

[brantuk]

Actually - the swashplate is the major thing on a chopper that reduces vibration (not to scope levels though). It also enables it to fly - without it you'd have no control lol.

You can get some great pics with a camera slung under a chopper (ask the feds lol).

This ones a particularly beautiful build. I'd be interested to know if it's authentic and how big it is.

[keith5700]

Hi, I don't want to take over this thread with non astronomy stuff, so I'll just post this last pic and go away. I suppose it is slightly relevant in that I postponed this project to build the 16" binoscope elsewhere in this section.

Heli is eighth scale.