Re: [ATM] Using brass

[hermit <hermit@outofoptions.org>]

Don't make it look too nice or the wife will want you to leave it there 
all the time.  Seriously, I had a friend with an Obsession that had this 
problem. ;)  Maybe  you need to make it knock down into a box she could 
call a coffee table?

Ken


Dan wrote:
> I'm wanting to build an antique looking dob using brass tube for the three
> struts (to keep weight down) as well as for connecting the two halves of the
> primary and secondary mirror cage assemblies.  Having never worked with
> brass to this extent before, what drawbacks or problems can I expect aside
> from the added weight?  Also, anyone know of a source for brass focusers or
> plans to build one?  One of the reasons I'm doing this is to make the scope
> look more like a piece of furniture than a scope since my wife hates it when
> I leave my scopes out in the family room.  She says they look "ugly".  What
> have you done to make your scope more aesthetically pleasing?
>  
> Thanks, 
> Dan
>
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