I'm a member of a woodworking forum and another member there just posted a woodworking project of building a 10" wooden tube Newtonian.
I suggested that he post the result to IceInSpace. He's not a member here but did give me permission to post some WIP photos .
You can follow the original thread here. I think you have to be a member to see the photos though.
Edit: All of the photos of the build are also here.
Last edited by snowyskiesau; 19-02-2010 at 09:37 PM.
Reason: Added URL for all photos.
I'm a member of that forum too, but haven't visited for a few weeks.
What a gorgeous job. I love seeing how things come together and turn into something beautiful like that. I would have liked to see some earlier photo's to see how the tube was started. Not that I have the know how or the tools to do such a thing. I'm just into a bit of woodcarving and making dolls furniture.
Hey, I've just had an idea. Maybe I could make a dolls dob.
An awful lot of work went into that tube. What was the wood ?
I remember making a smaller one out of three plies of 1/32" balsa many years ago, which was cold moulded diagonally, rather than glued lengthwise and milled (routed) like that one. The cold moulding method produced a very strong tube with no need for rings.
An awful lot of work went into that tube. What was the wood ?
All that's mentioned in the original article is that it's hardwood.
In the most recent post to that thread, he did mention a problem with shrinkage of the tube that caused it to lift from the tube rings.
Perhaps daveGee's method is better for this.
10" Wooden Tube Dob
. I'm just into a bit of woodcarving and making dolls furniture.
