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Thanks mental. Alas the astro-fairy has yet to leave 10 grand under my pillow, so any of those is out. Also while the view from a 16 inch plus newtonian is hard to beat, the combination of long sessions and really big scopes tends to do nasty things to my back.
I was just curious to know if there was something in between the off-the-shelf dobs and the super-expensive custom "funiture" scopes.
I had assumed that hand finished wood would be more expensive than machine extruded CF or Al. Also I just can't shake the feeling that wood might de-laminate or get eaten by termites, but clearly other people have no such issues.
My ideal grab 'n go dob is the 12.5 Porta-Ball, but current exchange rates and zero info on the new owners sort of gives me pause.
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