Very cheap guiding system

[slippo74 (Cristiano)]

Hi guys

The weather doesn't seem to get better here in Sydney so I spent a couple of hours last night in building a secondary guiding system to chill down my disappointment. It is made from an unused web cam and a "luxury" Televue eyepiece box
The good thing is the small 4x usb hub on the back side which the cam is directly connected and I can use the remain ports to plug my DSLR and co.





I KNOW! it looks sooo cheap but it works pretty good ! (tested with PHD)

Cheers, Cristiano.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Good on you!!
How ingenious!

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

In photographic parlance ... I think thats what you call a "Box Blackie"

[spearo (Frank)]

well done!
clever
frank

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Nice work, at first glance it looked like an old box camera

[multiweb (Marc)]

Well done - simple is good.

[Rick Petrie]

Basic but very clever. Good on ya Cristiano.
BTW. The scope I bought off you gets plenty of use as a grab and go.Done a few mods on it. Cheers Rick.

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Nice one Cristiano,

Cable ties are the 21st century equivalent of duct tape!

Looks good! I like the USB hub idea too,

Well done

Cheers

Chris

[slippo74 (Cristiano)]

Oh! Thanks all for your comments ...

... now I need to give a name to this "thing". Feel free to suggest

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

"The Webguidebox"

Done, 5% of royalties please.

Cheers

Chris