Re: [ATM] New minimalist single-pole 18" ultralight

[Ross Sackett <rsackett00@yahoo.com>]

--- Gary Seronik <gary8us@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi guys:
> 
> Not to take anything at all away from Ross's
> fabulous
> looking scope, but I do want to point out that
> Francis
> Milsom wrote up this modification in the July 2001
> issue of S&T.  Check out "An Attractive Three-Point
> Dobsonian" and have a look at Francis's gorgeous
> scope
> and the "fork Dob" it rides on.

Definitely.  I think a lot of people have sketched
versions of the mount in their design notebooks, but
Milsom is the first that I know of to really pull it
off in a developed application.  I also respect the
"totality of concept" of his design--the design of
each component works with all the others to make a
complete pulled-together package, both functionally
and aesthetically.  That's something I struggle to
emulate in my telescopes.  And that swing-out eyepiece
shelf is COOL.

In the article he promises a 22" version.  I would be
delighted to know how that is working out.

While we are on the topic of priority, I should
acknowledge right away that Russell Porter and the
Springfield Telescope Makers experimented extensively
with single-pole designs in the 1920s, culminating in
the garden telescope.  More recently, a number of
others have made practical scopes using one
cantilevered pole, and many have published designs
built with 2, 3, and 4 poles, including Gary.

Ross




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