Thursday, July 10, 2014

Mike L., from Frankfort, Kentucky, needed a new mirror
cell 
for his 10" F4.5 Coulter telescope.
(the old and original Coulter in the background)

Mike's new mirror cell installed in the original cardboard telescope tube.

Completed today is a 17.5" F4.5 truss telescope for
Jay in Herriman, Utah.
Note the green Moonlite Focuser and Destiny Observatory Grade spider
A Stellarvue F-50 and Telrad are mounted on each side of the focuser.

The Primary and Secondary Mirrors have Enhanced coatings.

Mirror Box with Mirror Cover Removed.


Dual Fans help cool an all aluminum 6-point flotation
mirror cell optimized with Plop.


Check out Jay's astronomy blog here.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Dual fan assembly for Jay's 17.5" F4.5 Truss Telescope..

Saturday, July 5, 2014


Completed today is a 10" "full kit" for Rick in Bloomington, Indiana.
The kit is complete with optics, spider, focuser, mirror cell and
all the hardware for a 3 parallel strut telescope.

An example of a  completed 10" telescope.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Rocker Box for Rick's 10" kit.
The rocker box is taking shape for Jay's 17.5" F4.5 telescope.




Wednesday, July 2, 2014

While the "glue dries" on parts for Jay's 17.5" I have a chance
to work on a 10" kit for Rick in Bloomington, Indiana. Here,
the OTA rings, mirror cell,  rocker box sides and alt bearings are complete.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Altitude Bearings and Rocker Box sides coming together
for Jay's 17.5" truss telescope.
Jay, in Herriman, Utah -- out for the evening enjoying his Zambuto
based 14" Dobstuff. Great optics. Nice.