Re: [ATM] Dob reconstruction. Was Anything constructive?

["Malcolm Macdonald" <toliman@wave.co.nz>]

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From: "Virgil.Johnson" <virgilaj@charter.net>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Anything constructive?


> Do you have any pictures of the dobbie?
> I have a friend whose son inherited a 6" f/10 telescope that his 
> grandfather made in the 60's.
> Stove pipe for a tube and mirror was clipped flat to a piece of plywood 
> with no support points.
> The secondary was 1 and 1/2 inch prism.
>
> Many a kid and many an hour spent looking thru it.
>
> We are going to work on it and make it kid manageable.
> New tube, a real diagonal mirror, and dob mount.
>
> I won't venture to guess which mirror mounting method as yet.
>
> Virgil Johnson
> Raider of the Lost Dark


Sounds a bit like Paddies old Axe!

Why not start from scratch and make something decent for the kids, like an 8 
or 10" f6. and keep the old one as a kind of heirloom. It was probably one 
of Grandads proud achievements back in the 60s.

                  Malcolm.




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