Hi all
Not posted for a while - been a bit busy this end of the world, but I thought I'd show you the latest project. I had the chance of one of those APM 102mm triplet refractors at an un-missable price but when I got ahold of it it was painfully clear that it was *way* over the top weight-wise. It was in a tube big enough for a 6" objective - just the OTA alone weighed in at about 14lbs. The focuser was a poorly-made R+P with associated slop and woblbe.
Anyway, the upshot is that I decided to do something about it
So, two sections of 110mm carbon fibre, a couple of machined aluminium adapter plates, a Baader planetarium crayford and a morning in the workshop produced this...
