Pat's 12.5" telescope sports a single 66mm fan to facilitate
the cooling of the primary mirror.

The Powered Groundboard and rocker box. Here, the assembly
is complete. it allows a higher capacity batter to be set 12 feet
away -- yet power up to 6 devices.

A feature of Pat's 12.5" F5 telescope is a Powered Groundboard.
Each ring will deliver 1/2 of the 12Vdc.

The "feed thru" contacts for the power. The "controller" is
in the center of the rocker box for easy access.

Pat's 12.5" F5 telescope is a couple of days from completion.
Here, the DSC stalk is in place. The rocker box is virtually completed.
(Pat's mirror and mirror cover are in the background.)

Pat's 12.5" F5 telescope is getting closer to completion.
Here, the alt bearings have been installed. Except for
a few little items, the OTA is now complete.

Pat's 12.5" rocker box coming together.

All packaged up and ready to go..

Complete is a Lightbridge rocker box upgrade kit
for Ivo in Gainesville, Florida

The assembly of the kit is pretty easy. All the hardware is included
and all of the holes are pre-drilled.

The "mirror box" for Pat's 12.5" F5 is completed.

Here, the removable dew shield is in place.

Pat's "mirror box" with mirror installed. The mirror
is supported by a 6-point flotation cell
optimized with Plop.

Pat's OTA

The upper tube assembly for Pat's 12.5" telescope is complete.
His Feathertouch focuser is a great touch to, what will be, an excellent telescope.
The primary mirror is a Zambuto!!