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Originally Posted by John K
Have often wondered about large dobsonians in the 20” to 24” inch range and if they can be more cheaply built using a solid aluminium tube when they don’t have to be portable and are housed permanently in a roll off observatory. Like John Dobson originally built them in some ways even though he used cardboard tubes.
The DOC telescopes do look amazing.
John K.
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Gary Mitchell rolled 2 tubes for Anthony Wesley as well as Phil Miles’ 20”F4 Newtonian, as well as making rings, cell etc. No reason it couldn’t be put into a Dobsonian base.
I was going to get Gary to build one for me but then decided I needed more compact design.