Re: Slow Dobsonian II

Mel Bartels (mbartels@efn.org)
Mon, 6 Mar 95 10:02:14 PST

>One more thing - would it be preferable to use the traditional wooden
>structure than, say, an aluminium frame in the altitude fork?

Aluminum is good if you built aircraft style with thin sheeting for skin and something thicker (1/4") for ribs. But you will do a lot of either bolting, riveting or alum welding...