Re: [ATM] Wooden Truss "Tubes"

["Mel Bartels" <mbartels@bbastrodesigns.com>]

> answer is no. But just in case: has anyone built a 16 - 24" scope using 
> wooden truss tubes?

Yes, in the old days we used solid wood closet rods and the like.  I used 1 
1/2 inch diameter truss rods for my 24 inch.

> that reduced it's weight about 1/2 would weigh less than  a 1 1/2" OD 
> .049 aluminum tube. Or it could be 3/8" thick  on 2 sides and 1/8 on the 
> other two, for better glue surfaces. It would still be tremendously stiff, 
> vibration free?, and being square or rectangular attaching to

I like to think of it as a continium all the way to elaborate truss tubes 
that themselves are built of truss tubes.  The more elaborate the fewer the 
larger trusses you need, all the way down to a single truss.

Mel Bartels 

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