Have a Look at This

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Stumbled across this one on a European Site.....err..!!! don't know if I'd want to own it..... To much like a '' show pony " .
Everyone to their own I suppose.....!!

[Octane (Humayun)]

That's beautiful.

H

[robz (Robert)]

That's what you get when a Newtonian mates with a friggin tree!

FUGLY!!!!!!

[jenson]

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

Stumbled across this one on a European Site.....err..!!! don't know if I'd want to own it..... To much like a '' show pony " .
Everyone to their own I suppose.....!!

wood you beleave it.

[pgc hunter]

If it rakes in the astro chicks down at the local starparty then you're on a winner.

[blink138 (Pat)]

i think there was a mention of this work done by a man in the US (were else of course) in a recent US astronomy mag i remember reading a few months ago
a man who combined his love of astronomy with his day job of artist / carpenter
pat

[Hans Tucker (Hans)]

Norman Fullum name comes to mind....well it does when you expand the orginal attached image.

http://normandfullumtelescope.com/home_en.html

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I can appreciate the work that has gone into building this scope and mount.
Not my cup of tea though.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by Hans Tucker

Norman Fullum name comes to mind....well it does when you expand the orginal attached image.

http://normandfullumtelescope.com/home_en.html

This Guy really has a desire to be creative....different....yes, very much so.
But still nice work....You'd have to have a lot of patience....

[leon]

Very impressive i like it, must have been a hell of a lot of work.

Leon

[that_guy (Tony)]

Wont those scopes be real heavy?!

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

Normand is the guy that Orion enlisted to produce their Monster Dobs, if they ever get an order

[floyd_2 (Dean)]

That explains why my Orion XX14i looks like Harry Potter's broomstick!

[marki]

Now its no secret that I hate dobs but that is a work of art which I would be proud to own.


Mark

[asimov (John)]

I can appreciate the time & love put into it - I'd still rather have something that looks like a total piece of crap pulled out from the tip, with superb optics in it.

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Gandalf's scope?

[Stu Ward]

Not an expert, but i would guess with our climate and potential high humidities a wooden scope could suffer terrible Collimation issues

Stu

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I was thinking exactly the same thing Stu.
You'd be checking collimation regularly through the night.

[Liz]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

If it rakes in the astro chicks down at the local starparty then you're on a winner.

Ah, no, I dont think so.
I would be embarassed to go anywhere near it, not a pretty sight to me.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by Liz

Ah, no, I dont think so.
I would be embarassed to go anywhere near it, not a pretty sight to me.

LOLOL aye, I hear you. Too folksie artsie crafty for me.