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| The OTA components for Mike's kit are coming along. Included is a Baltic birch 6-point non-flotation mirror cell for Mike's full-thickness primary mirror. Note the Destiny spider and Moonlite focuser. |
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| Rear of the mirror board detail. There's plenty of "ventilation" to help when the primary mirror is cooling. |
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| Always beautiful work by Destiny and Moonlite. This focuser is a "single-speed" with 2" to 1.25" adapter and compression ring. |
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| Here's a photo of Peter's 14" telescope he's using adjustable "upper" struts to finalize the strut length. Great idea. |
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| One of Peter's specifications was that the telescope would fit into his RV Here you see it "under the bed"!! The fit is juuuust right!! |
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| Tom's short focus telescope is a dream to use. Easy to manage, easy to setup and move around The struts are only 42" long in total Note the eyepiece tray in the front of the rocker box. |
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| The altitude bearings are 21" in diameter. When changing eyepieces the telescope stays in position. Note the dew shield. |
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| The 6-point flotation mirror cell design and optimized with Plop. The struts are all black powder coated. |
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| A 3-vane curved-vane spider and Moonlite 2-speed focuser.. |
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| There are two clamps for Tom's Telrad. Note the sliding 1.25# counterweight just in case it's needed for different eyepieces. |
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| An "afocal" shot of the moon with Tom's telescope using a 17mm Nagler and Nikon point 'n shoot camera. Not too bad!!!! |
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| Putting the finishing touches on Tom's 12.5" telescope. Here an eyepiece tray for his 2" eyepieces. All Baltic birch construction. |
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| Last April I made a "mount head" for John's big 7" refractor. I'm glad to hear from John who says "the mount works great"! John lives in Richmond, Virginia. |
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| Tom's 12.5" strut telescope is just about complete. I'm having the struts powder coated. |
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| Note the dew shield. |
