Glen, these labours of love do not return the hours or dollars spent unfortunately. Why not use your skills and build a Dobsonian base for it, making it your visual scope while the other stuff is imaging.
A 10" F5 Newt is not everyone's cuppa... but as a Dob.... maybe
My 18" scope was bought by a friend who had been able to test it out at a dark site ( I also had two other offers to buy it ). My current build 18"F3.54 has so many 'hidden costs' that I think I will have to keep it forever.
I hope my wife never finds out how much a 0.5mm custom made blue kevlar/grey carbon baffle sheet costs.....
