Hi all,
First of all a big
to Alex (mental4astro) for the inspiration and help with the details of the project.
I actually finished this a few weeks ago, but was minus a camera so couldn't post any photo's, until now.
I am a slow learner and my equatorial 2 was giving me much grief, so when I saw the dob bases that Alex built I was so excited and decided to give it a go.
The material is 12mm ply and it's just the right height for me to sit comfortably at the eyepiece.
One boo boo I made was to put the teflon on the upper surface of the azimuth mount and the laminex on the bottom which means it collects a bit of dust at the local astro clubs deep sky sight, and I have to take it apart and clean it out when I get home. I'll be changing that as soon as I have the time.
It's sooooo EASY to use compared to the eq. I LOVE IT!
By the way, for anyone wanting teflon in Melbourne, there's a place called 'Plastics for Industry' at 189 Cheltenham Rd, Keysborough. They have a cut-to-size service while-U-wait.