Seben Recycled

[The Sailor]

Sorry messed up

[The Sailor]

After getting the Seben and then had it laughed at on here I left it lying around the last year. This weekend I decided to take it apart and see what I could do with what was there and this is the result

Jim

[CGolder]

But... Why??

[The Sailor]

No, I actually liked the crappy thing but it is taking space so as I needed to do something, I wanted to use the Meade as a guide so I cobbled together the Seben mount and the Mead OTA, its pretty sturdy and the whole combined weight is 9.2kg on the EQ5. I have already used it and it's great, also saved me quite a bit of money regards new parts. The Seben gave me good service but it had to go in the end My problem now is my workshop is beginning to resemble AstroBoot!!

Jim

[yesyes]

I had to look about 5 times to see what you've actually done there. You put an old Seben mount on top of another mount parallel to the main scope? I guess it's so that you can move the guide scope around without moving the main scope?

Seems a good idea to me. Beats guide scope rings with 6 long, fiddly screws any time, apart from weight... ;-))

[The Sailor]

Got it one Yesyes , I can move it, not far but enough. I have now attached a red dot finder to the 60mm so more flexability. I thought I may as well use it instead of lying around. Once the whole lot is on the mount it balances okay, have done a few checks and it works fine and no strain on the motors .

Jim

[simon84]

Looks very interesting, how goes imaging the southern skies through the planet though

Seriously though, a really inventive way of using some bits up. I like it.

[The Sailor]

Yes Simon, laughed at that when I seen it later, but as said it works well and saves buying more gear to do the same job.

Jim

[E621Keith]

Very interesting set up

I guess you won't have problem finding a good guide star with this system.