Supports while epoxying, sanding, and painting:
During the epoxying process:
Mounted by straps to a Losmandy dovetail:
Assembled on a Celestron CI-700 mount:
Sunday, December 9, 2018
One of the Weirdest Things I Ever Tried
The world's lowest grade fiberglass. That's a construction tube used for pouring concrete columns which I then coated in fiberglass and epoxy, sanded, painted, and put together. It worked but did not remove enough weight for that miserable little mount. The original tube:
Part way through pseudo fiberglassing it:
Painted:
Supports while epoxying, sanding, and painting:
During the epoxying process:
Mounted by straps to a Losmandy dovetail:
Assembled on a Celestron CI-700 mount:
Supports while epoxying, sanding, and painting:
During the epoxying process:
Mounted by straps to a Losmandy dovetail:
Assembled on a Celestron CI-700 mount:
Looks good.
ReplyDeleteAs for the imperfections you see, remember that you spent a week (weeks?) within 6 inches of that beast. Step back and admire your handiwork!
OK, why not a Dobsonian mount? I thought with computer control you could achieve the same movement controls. Or is that a myth?
Zendo: Those optics are now in a Dob that uses an equatorial platform to track across the sky pretty darn well. That was about one weekend, I think.
ReplyDeleteWell, that looks pretty good to me!
ReplyDeleteI hope you were playing Tubular Bells while constructing it:
https://youtu.be/TXvtDm820zI