Hi all,
After the blessing from Mojo, I'm starting this new thread as a spin off from one in the Feed Back forum.
After my experience with rebuilding my 17.5" dob, and a couple of other projects, I've come to see that the majority of materials used in a DIY scope project don't come from astro-dealerships. Aluminium, Teflon, plywood, laminates, etc, all need to be gleaned from all sorts of places.
The DIY forum has a number of threads dotted throughout it asking for sources of these materials. I've even done so. Yet the astro-supplies sticky in the equipment forum got me thinking of starting similar thread for DIY stuffs.
So, here goes. Some of the folks who have helped me in my various projects:
Plywood: Lifetime Industries, 56 John St, Leichardt, NSW.
www.lifetime.net.au I got my hardwood plywood from them. Good to talk to, and not expensive.
Teflon: The Plastic Centre, Vic.,
http://www.plasticcenter.com.au/ They posted out the sheet of Teflon to my specs same day. As the stuff is easy to cut and machine, the small sheet proved to be very cheap
A start.
Mental.