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Very nice project.
Perhaps you can motorize it (Bartels? ) to add a value...
Recently, after couple of years I activated my 10" F/5.6 dob (it is in Ballarat now), I wanted to get some Mars images (it worked OK after sorting out some electronics hickups, then clouds rolled in..).
It seems it is hard to get money out of those DIY projects regardless of how well they work - for whatever reason most people (especially novices and not handymen) want new, shiny over-engineered (and expensive) gadgets, that can be sold later with minimum financial loss - attitude which is acceptable for our consumer society in general, but... in those cases not very logical and not based on facts.
I think when I am gone, this telescope will go to some astro club, the chances of being used by somebody are better this way.
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