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Originally Posted by Leo.G
I wanted to play with some carbon some years back but I was soon warned off with mention of having to have the vacuum set-up to achieve good results and as such I've never bothered. The image with you holding the tube it appears you have certainly shaved considerable weight off the unit.
Very interesting project, I hope it all works out well for you!
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It seems to have made a massive difference so far, the tube itself is 6.5kg. Once I put in the new mirror cell, plate, spider, focuser etc. It will of course be heavier, my aim is to get the whole thing at around 15kg instead of the 22kg that is was before.