I try not to sit around on past accomplishments. I have just been using the 3" f/4.5 reflector (Baby) that I have been building and rebuilding since the 1990s. I always assumed my first (and last) mirror was not very good. I just used 86x on the Moon and it was still sharp. 114x, no. But many commercial reflectors this size are no better. The only improvement left is the focuser; not enough inward travel. This was an Edmunds focuser from the 1990s; obsolete then, but cheap. There are not a lot of focusers with less height, so I will build my own. Not tomorrow, though.
Just to clarify what I made: the primary mirror, the mirror cell,the diagonal mirror holder, the adapter to hold the rings to the mount.
I toyed with buying a low-profile focuser, but they are pricey enough that making my own sounds both more sensible and more interesting.
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