[ATM] 4.5" Truss Dob

[torquil at chemist.com (Torquil MacCorkle, III)]

A Dobsonian mount.
Can you give some more details on the construction?  I have found many plans
for building Dobsonian telescopes on the internet, but I have not found a
truly comprehensive guide to building any sort of truss tube design,
especially in the smaller range.  Have you seen anything?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Hutchins" <stuart452@earthlink.net>
To: "Torquil MacCorkle, III" <torquil@chemist.com>; <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [ATM] 4.5" Truss Dob


> Torquil,
>
> My first telescope in 1971 was a 4-1/4 inch truss tube, but not
collapsible.
> It certainly can be done. What kind of mount? That's really part of the
> design.
>
> Stuart Hutchins
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Torquil MacCorkle, III" <torquil@chemist.com>
> To: <atm@atmlist.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 8:35 PM
> Subject: [ATM] 4.5" Truss Dob
>
>
> > Has anyone successfully built a dob of this size (4.5") with truss
tubes?
> I
> > want to build a "dufflebag telescope".  Any thoughts/ideas/tips on this?
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > ATM mailing list http://www.atmlist.net/
> >
>
>