Very cheap guiding system

[slippo74]

Hi guys

The weather doesn't seem to get better here in Sydney so I spent a couple of hours last night in building a secondary guiding system to chill down my disappointment. It is made from an unused web cam and a "luxury" Televue eyepiece box :)
The good thing is the small 4x usb hub on the back side which the cam is directly connected and I can use the remain ports to plug my DSLR and co.



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I KNOW! it looks sooo cheap but it works pretty good ! (tested with PHD)

Cheers, Cristiano.

[jjjnettie]

Good on you!!
How ingenious!

[Jeffkop]

In photographic parlance ... I think thats what you call a "Box Blackie"

[spearo]

well done!
clever
frank

[lacad01]

Nice work, at first glance it looked like an old box camera :)

[multiweb]

Well done - simple is good. :thumbsup:

[Rick Petrie]

Basic but very clever. Good on ya Cristiano.:thumbsup:
BTW. The scope I bought off you gets plenty of use as a grab and go.Done a few mods on it. Cheers Rick.

[Screwdriverone]

Nice one Cristiano,

Cable ties are the 21st century equivalent of duct tape!

Looks good! I like the USB hub idea too,

Well done

Cheers

Chris

[slippo74]

Oh! Thanks all for your comments ...

... now I need to give a name to this "thing". Feel free to suggest :)

[Screwdriverone]

"The Webguidebox"

Done, 5% of royalties please.

Cheers

Chris