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Originally Posted by Stefan Buda
I think such a forum would also be useful for exchanging astro equipment related stl files. I have created a few models that I would be happy to share. For example, just the other day I made a dew shield with integrated heating for a Canon G1X.
I would also be happy to help those who don't yet have a printer.
Stefan
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To get the ball rolling - here's a Solar Finder that I designed and printed to solar-align my 5SE. It clips onto the front "hood" of the standard Celestron Red Dot Finder, so you don't need to unmount your night-time finder to use it. It would be easy to modify the clip diameter to fit onto a different sized red dot finder, conventional finder-scope, etc.
(My printer needs a bit of a tune-up, so the print is a bit "daggy", but it works perfectly well. I won't post a photo just yet, until I get my machine re-tuned, because it might put people off, sending a false impression about what 3D printers can do!)
I've been hosting my shareable models on Thingiverse
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:972686 , but I'd be more than happy to post copies on IIS, if the moderators are happy to take STL files.
(Also happy to have a crack at designing / printing things for people who don't have access to a 3D printer.)