Thread: Which size Doby
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Old 20-01-2006, 09:40 AM
BerzerkerNerd
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Dob. position relocator

Hi, for what it is worth, to help move my 10" dob about the back yard and elsewhere i kept the square cardboard box the base came in, cut it off about 6" above the box base and sat the telescope in that, you then attach a small rope or occy strap to the handle on the front of the dob base (bintel scope) and then drag it around the yard behind you ( therefore not risking your back by bending over and dragging, or being jumped by yowie's), good if you must clear trees or other obstacles for viewing. After a couple of months the cardboard gets ratty- so have built a simple but slightly smaller box out of ply and pine: magic.

It helps to sand the ply base smooooth on the bottom, corners and edges as well, but if you have obstacles about, this may work to quickly relocate especially if the scope is a 12" to 16" beast. it should slide easily especially if a truss tube number is in it. The sliding base box moves easier than expected. Terrain it has conqoured thus far ; Grass long and short, dry sand, beach, gravel, dirt, leaves, insects, cane toads etc.. for the 10" GSO, base box dimensions are 60x60x16 cm high.

Steve M

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