Powder coating in Melbourne?

[Andy01]

Hi folks,
Stripping down my Takahashi NJP mount & 10" newt tuberings etc to powder coat them all black to match my new black & white ioptron tripier.
Any recommendations as to where I can take it to have the coating done well?
preferably south eastern suburbs.
Cheers
Andy

[Stefan Buda]

Hi Andy,

It's been a few years since I had anything powder coated, but I used to take my things to this place in Moorabbin: http://aclasspowdercoating.com/page1/page1.html

Charlotte at the front office had an interest in astronomy back then so you may want to mention that your thing are for a telescope.

Cheers,
Stefan

[Andy01]

Thanks heaps Stefan, I’ll get in touch with them! :thumbsup:
Cheers :)

[Rainmaker]

I would be powder coating the Tri-pier in a nice Takahashi Green instead ......:D

I am going to strip my AZ-EQ6 and paint it green.... :thumbsup:

[Andy01]

I can’t stand Tak baby bathtub green, looks like undercoat!
Besides, what’s wrong with a Blackahashi :lol:

[LewisM]

Dulux Duracoat Satin Black rattle can - go at it after disassembling and masking off things. Cost FAR less, looks pretty much the same, and requires no heating of anything.

[Andy01]

Thanks Lewis - I'll have a look once it's dissassembled - Diego's helping me pull the 'scope apart this weekend and I'm taking the mount to Clive for open heart surgery next week. ;)

Here's a (very) rough mockup of what it could all look like when done :)

[LewisM]

I reckon it'd look better white than black honestly.

[Rainmaker]

Somewhere in the cosmos a million voices cried out briefly ...... a black Tak NJP, surely such a travesty was never perpetrated......:fight::fight:

[LewisM]

I know, I know, but no point fighting it.

It's Andy's...it's wrong, it's sacrilege, but...it's still Andy's. At least painting it in solvent-soluble paint lets someone in the future remove the blasphemy easily compared to powder coating.

:lol:

[Andy01]

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:



Aaah Lewis - it's a 4th hand mount but has already gained it's pedigree from several serious astrophotographers prior to it's earning two Malin gongs this year. Check out the guiding graph attached - less than 1 arc second and great value for money at $3k - It's likely that I'll keep it for a very long time :D

That said, with the black & white scope and Celestron tripod it's an incredibly efficient but retina searingly ugly beast - I call it B.U.F.F. (Big Ugly Fast F...) kinda like a Nascar vs. F1 - all grunt..

Once this ugly duckling has been pimped, I'll take true pride of ownership in it! Won't affect it's performance, and it'll look cool :cool3::sunny:

I think in white it would resemble an overgrown EQ6 :question:

PS: What was Mr. Taka thinking when he chose pusilanimous baby bathtub green as a branding statement for his products? :screwy:

[LewisM]

Lol

You could strip it down and anodise it like those chintzy yank mounts :whistle:

All good fun - have at it Andy. I wanted to paint an AZ-EQ6 Tak green once :lol:

[Andy01]

No turning back now, ‘scope is disassembled (thanks Diego!) & the mount is now in Clive’s capable hands for disassembly.... ;)

[Andy01]

Open heart surgery complete- one NJP all ready to go- No turning back! :)

[LewisM]

Per istam sanctan unctionem et suam piissimam misericordiam, indulgeat tibi Dominus quidquid...

:lol:

[Andy01]

I’ll see your last rites and raise you 2 Corinthians 5:17 :)

[LewisM]

:thumbsup:

I am sure it'll be a religious moment when she comes out of the furnace... one way or the other :lol:

[RB]

Andy, if it's going to be black, call it Mount Sinai... :P

Exodus 19:18

:lol:

[LewisM]

I just pee'd my pants Andrew :lol: :lol: :lol:

[RB]

Yesterday it was going from +1.0x to +1.5x, now this?
Handwriting’s on the wall Lewis.

:face: :lol:

[LewisM]

Hey, I already posted the Viaticum...

From nappies to incontinence nappies in 45 years...

[Atmos]

Don’t you mean Daniel 5:5 :lol:

[LewisM]

I have a similar problem - either:
a. paint the green bits white
b. paint the mount green
c. buy Beren's EM-200

:lol:

[RB]

You get top marks Colin. :thumbsup:
I was hoping someone would pickup the inference.

:lol:

Lewis, I'd go for option C.
One can never have enough Tak mounts.

:P

[LewisM]

Beren and I actually just did that :) :eyepop:

[LewisM]

I think mine is closer to Psalm 23:4...

:lol:

[RB]

Ah yes, I can just imagine the scene, when Mrs Lewis finds out.

:lol:

[LewisM]

Yea...oh, I mean yeah :lol:

[LewisM]

Well, decided I am NOT powder coating my new to me EM-200... maybe some baby powder :lol:

[Andy01]

Hey Stefan,

Dropped the bits n pieces off to Charlotte & Baz today - nice people - hoping to see the new colours in a week or so. Thanks for the tip :)

[LewisM]

Hmmm, do I go Andy's descent into dark worship, or do I follow the path of divine green light?

:lol:

Or just hire a cleaner to clean up this shambles of a Man Cave? :P

The obsession is deep - since CCDAstro's decal had faded and worn away, I made a replacement for the 12-24V converter...

[Andy01]

Hey Lewis, that's cool - I'll need a replacement Temma2 decal for the front of my NJP mount - where do you get those done? :question:

[LewisM]

Send me your address - I made a couple. Just laser printed on permanent label paper.