Tarting up my old newt.

[Tony Leece]

I will post this in sections (just shout up if im borring you all

Well is was sick of the sight of skywatcher blue, so i whipped everything off the OTA, sanded the old paint off and got it to the powder coaters.
I picked it back up the next day and they made an excellent job.
I know satin black is not the most outragous colour, but i kind of like it.

Tony....

[leon]

Looks very nice indeed, and I reckon black is just right, it will be a totally reborn scope.

Leon

[erick (Eric)]

Black IS the new black! Looks good to me!


What is on the inside?

[Tony Leece]

Thanks Leon.

Originally Posted by erick

Black IS the new black! Looks good to me!
What is on the inside?

Thanks Erik.
The inside is now flocked, thanks to my local Spotlight store.
10 A4 sheets of self adhesive felt for only $3 each
Sticking an A4 sheet in one go was tricky but not too frustrating.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Good job....noticed the essential "Family Guy" aka "Instruction Manual DVD" at the ready there

[Tony Leece]

Originally Posted by renormalised

Good job....noticed the essential "Family Guy" aka "Instruction Manual DVD" at the ready there

Giggity Giggity

[Davros (Lauren)]

American dad me thinks

[stephenb (Stephen)]

Yep, Amercian Dad, alright.

Nice job ,Tony. This is exactly what I was going to do with mine, except I decided to build a small Dob with the optics.

The end ring was posted for you this morning.

Actually, I have the end ring for the mirror-end also. If you need it, let me know.

[Tony Leece]

Thanks Stephen
I'm ok for the other end ring though, maybe someone else could make use of it.
All the best.......
Tony....

And it was indeed American dad, season1. but i am a big family guy fan also.

[AlexN]

Looks sweet... Definitely a lot more pleasant than skywatcher blue!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by Davros

American dad me thinks

Same difference

[Tony Leece]

Next i thought i'd give the tube rings i made a tweek.
They where just ali bar shaped into rings with the clamp on one side.
This was a bit too tight, especially if i needed to rotate the OTA.
So i cut them and stuck a hinge in, now they work much better.




This is everything attached except the primary cell and the front ring (which is on its way)


Next i need to make a dew shield....

[miketheobscure (Mike Kreuzer)]

Originally Posted by Tony Leece

Next i need to make a dew shield....

You're getting dew on the secondary? Haven't seen that.

- Mike

[DavidU (Dave)]

NICE job Tony. I like the Aluminium fabrication

[stephenb (Stephen)]

Did the ring arrive, Tony?

[Tony Leece]

Originally Posted by glenluceskies

Did the ring arrive, Tony?

Many appologies Stephen, it came on wednesday, but i have been snowed under with work and forgot to say......Shame on me.
Thanks again, for the help mate.........
Tony......

Originally Posted by DavidU

NICE job Tony. I like the Aluminium fabrication

Thanks David....

Originally Posted by miketheobscure

You're getting dew on the secondary? Haven't seen that.

- Mike

Showing my inexperience here Mike, i have not used this scope enough to know whether it would suffer from dew or not, i was just playing safe

Cheers.......

[Tony Leece]

Just went out to the garage and took a quick snap of it in place..



Guess what.......its still raining

Tony.....

[miketheobscure (Mike Kreuzer)]

Originally Posted by Tony Leece

Showing my inexperience here Mike, i have not used this scope enough to know whether it would suffer from dew or not, i was just playing safe

Cheers.......

Dew shields generally come built in for newts. The usual rule of thumb is that about a tube radius' worth of tube length in front of the secondary/EP is more than enough to keep both safe from dew -- and stray light, which may be a problem depending on the light situation at the site you observe from -- ie 4" or so of tube length for an 8" scope, though my 8" only has about 3" and it's always been fine.

Like your project BTW, nicely done - Mike