Re: Equitorial Platform Plans

Craig Breckenridge (brecra@coaststeel.com)
Mon, 24 Jul 1995 12:01:09 -0700

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>Robert,
>
>I enjoy reading your atm list!! Keep up the good work!!
>
>Some time back I designed and built an equitorial platform for my 14.5 f5
>dob. It was so popular we had a "group build" in our club (Johnson Space
>Center Astronomical Society) and have now used this design to build a total
>of about 12 platforms.
>
>I was encouraged to put together a published set of plans and have done so.
> I have e-mailed it to about 40 folks across the country and several more
>platforms have been built by those folks.
>
>I you would like to have a copy of the file to put on your FTP server to
>share with folks, I will be happy to send it to you, just let me know where!
>
>
>Chuck Shaw
>I am in the process of building a 10" Dobby, and would be very interested
in viewing your plans. please e-mail to cbrecken@direct.ca or brecra@coaststeel.com Thanks, Craig

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