Following the success of my good
mate Mental4Astro and his Odyssey II (now Odessius)rebuild. I have taken apart my 13.1" Odyssey and have started to build my own version of a truss scope. The first step was to strip the Odyssey of all its parts. The council pick up is on Tuesday.
Having assisted Mental4Astro's with his rebuild and picking
his brains on many many occasions. I made some drawings and constructed a timber cutting list. My local timber yard supplied the 15mm plywood and cut my components for the princely sum $55. BARGAIN.
Gradually I'm building
the mirror box. Mental4Astro helped me position the mirror on the base of the mirror box. Next I cut and glued my clamps. Fixed the holding nuts in the clamps. Cut some hex handles from the scrap ply to hold the bolt heads and glued them on. (Waiting for the glue to dry now).
Today I fixed the clamps inside my mirror box. Meanwhile I've been building my secondary mirror holder. Photos are attached.