Mirror Box for Larry Y's 17" F4.5 telescope.
Larry lives in Burlingame, California.

17" Mirror Box with dew shield removed.

10" Ultra Complete . . .The

The 10" Ultra for Manoj in Campbell, California.
Broken Down for Transport.

Note the 1/2 length struts and handle on the mirror box.

The Alt Bearings are installed on the Mirror Box.

The Rocker Box Support Sides.

Here the Mirror Bos is Installed in the Rocker Box.

One of the Struts are Assembled and Installed.

The Second Strut is Assembled. Note the Clamp for a
Sliding Counterweight, if needed (to balance different size/weight eyepieces.
The "spider" has been Installed.

The Focuser Baffle is Installed on the Spider.

 

Profile View of the Assembled Telescope.

Manoj asked to use Encoders at a later time.

Another View of the Assembled Telescope.

A "latch" keeps everything together to transport the assembled Telescope.

A nice picture of Jay and his 14" Dobstuff/Zambuto. Here's his telescope set up along the road in Utah. Jay lives in Herriman, Utah.

 -- he's quite the "sketch artist" and many of his renderings are throughout his blog.

Find Jay's blog here.

Nice. . .

10" Ultra Nearing Completion . . .

10" Ultra for Manoj in Campbell, California. The focuser is
a Kineoptics helical. The telescope weighs 31-pounds
including mirror cover.

A closer look at the focuser and single-vane, curved-vane
"spider" by Destiny. Note the focuser baffle.

The rear of the telescope. A small counterweight
in the center of the mirror cell helps balance the scope.

The telescope disassembles for "airline carry on"
Those photos will follow.

The mirror is a 10" F4.5 with enhanced coatings.

The focuser is a Kineoptics Helical. Nice motion.

Now that I have the "spider" in-house, work continue's on Manoj's 10" F4.5 Ultra.

I was able to take the scope out "under the stars" this evening and set the height of the focuser. It is 44" from the ground at the zenith.

The spider is a "single vane" curved-vane by Destiny.
The "hanger" on the far side is for the focuser baffle.

A 12" F5 telescope is complete for Bruce C. in Glen Rose, Texas. The scope includes a Moonlite focuser, black powder-coated struts, Sky Commander with stalk and a mount for Bruce's Telrad.

If you look closely, you can the "strings" running from the top ring to the mirror box.

Under the stars, the scope performs beautifully. Nice!!

 

 

And a note from Bruce dated February 13, 2014:

"Dennis:

Finally got to take the scope out tonight, first clear night in over a week, first with decent seeing and transparency in forever. You are absolutely correct, love the scope. Seems to hold collimation well, which is a blessing, as I still don't quite have the process perfected. Gorgeous views of M42, Double Cluster, numerous double stars, Jupiter with 4 moons, all in spite of a full moon.  I liked the 17T4 a lot, as you had suggested, but my favorite so far is the 26T5, along with the 9mm T6.  Moonlight focuser is very smooth; motions are also very smooth, easy to nudge, nudge, nudge along when viewing Jupiter.   Now, if I can just get the Moon and clouds to go away at the same time .

bdc"

17.5" F4.5 for Larry Y. in Burlingame, California.
The "mirror board" and mirror cover.

The Upper Ring for the 17.5" F4.5. The focuser is a Moonlite,
the spider is a Destiny Observatory Grade. You can see the
Moonlite truss blocks on the underside of the ring.

17.5" with Cover Installed.

Work continues on Larry's 17.5" F4.5 truss telescope. Here the top ring with a Destiny "Observatory" grade spider is coming together.

Altitude Bearings and Rocker Box Sides
for Larry's 17.5" F4.5 truss telescope.

A 12" F5 for Bruce C. in Glen Rose, Texas is virtually complete. Here the Sky Commander stalk and computer system has been installed and configured. Once the telescope is assembled, I test the Sky Commander "under the stars".

The full-length struts are out being "powder coated".

17.5" F4.5 for Larry Y. in Burlingame, California.
Here, the mirror board and 6-point cell are completed.

Larry's 17.5" mirror board and cell -- rear.
The mirror cell was optimized with Plop.

A nice picture of Clayton, in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho and his 17.5: F4.5.
Note the "carriage" Clayton moves the scope around on.

The steel plate,wheels and "block" holding the rocker box in place.

Nicely done. Thanks for the Photos Clayton.

Mirror Cell for a 5" Newtonian made for John in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

5" Mirror Cell -- Rear.

Mirror board to the left, single-ring UTA below.

The Optical Tube Assembly components for Larry's 17.5" single-ring UTA telescope. Larry lives in Burlingame, California.

An all Baltic birch 6" mirror cell for Tex in Bushell Park Saskatchewan, Canada.

10" Ultra for Manoj in Campbell, California. The mirror
is installed and with the cover.

10" Ultra with mirror installed.

Michael, from Solana Beach, California sent along
a picture of his Lightbridge 12 with a Dobstuff
rocker box and StellarCAT installed.

NICE!

The "mirror box" for Manoj's 10" Ultra.
Here the mirror cover has been completed.

Two "posts" and wing-nuts hold the cover in place.

A mirror cell for an 8" primary mirror for Pavan in Darien Connecticut.
This is an all Baltic birch cell with 3-point suspension.
More than adequate for a mirror of this size.

The rear of the 8" mirror cell. Plenty of ventilation.

The Rocker Box and Mirror Box for Manoj's 10" Ultra
are complete. Next, the eyepiece board will be finished.

The Rocker Box rotates on a 12" ball-bearing lazy susan
for ultra-smooth motion.

10" F4.5 Ultra for Manoj. Here the altitude bearing is near completion
with the DEC encoder hub in place.

Rocker Box/Mirror Box for 10" Ultra
(without DEC encoder hub)