[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Originally Posted by Glenhuon

I've had the 60mm refractor for about 15 years, named the Tennerscope as it cost $10 complete with GEM from the recycle guy at the local tip. The finder and mount screws were all missing and no eyepieces but, being a fitter, they were manufactured during lunchbreaks (or when the boss wasn't looking). The first eyepiece was the lens from an 8mm cine projector turned down to fit the focuser, and it gave me my first views of the moon and milky way through a telescope. Optics are first class with no signs of chromic aberation. The tripod was a donation from some friendly surveyors
The 150 reflector was bought a couple of weeks ago so hasn't had a lot of use yet. It has taken a bit of fiddling to get the mirrors into better collimation, and the purchase of a few more eyepieces. Looking forward to getting it to a dark sky site and putting it through its paces.