Have a Look at This

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #1 05-01-2011, 06:14 PM

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) · #2 05-01-2011, 06:19 PM

That's beautiful.

H

robz (Robert) · #3 05-01-2011, 06:35 PM

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

FUGLY!!!!!!

jenson · #4 05-01-2011, 06:40 PM

Quote:

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 · #5 05-01-2011, 06:42 PM

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

blink138 (Pat) · #6 05-01-2011, 07:06 PM

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) · #7 05-01-2011, 07:25 PM

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

http://normandfullumtelescope.com/home_en.html

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #8 05-01-2011, 07:38 PM

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

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #9 05-01-2011, 07:52 PM

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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 · #10 05-01-2011, 07:56 PM

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

Leon

that_guy (Tony) · #11 05-01-2011, 08:23 PM

Wont those scopes be real heavy?!

JethroB76 (Jeff) · #12 05-01-2011, 09:24 PM

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

floyd_2 (Dean) · #13 05-01-2011, 11:04 PM

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

marki · #14 06-01-2011, 12:03 AM

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) · #15 06-01-2011, 12:10 AM

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) · #16 06-01-2011, 01:07 AM

Gandalf's scope?

Stu Ward · #17 06-01-2011, 11:19 AM

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) · #18 06-01-2011, 11:27 AM

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

Liz · #19 06-01-2011, 11:37 AM

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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) · #20 06-01-2011, 11:48 AM

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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.