Wallace the 6 inch f/2.8 telescope, building it, and hiking with it
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by zonkerdonker
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Very cool project and video documentation, really inspiring! As someone who is mechanically inclined and has a decent amount of tools/3D printer, is there any DIY telescope that you would recommend to build as a first foray into the field?
I've never done much with optics, and after reading through a few of your posts, it looks both incredibly challenging and very rewarding.
by mybbor
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Love this. Thanks for sharing. My friend and I pulled an old Dobsonian telescope of my Dad's from the garage when we were teenagers. We spent hours and hours out with it under the stars, and on cloudy nights I would read a book about telescope construction. Back then, cabinet makers were building the most impressive wood frames. Interesting to see how the technology has changed.
by rom16384
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Quite an impressive build. How hard is it to collimate the telescope? Does it hold the collimation?
by petee
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Beautiful, like I needed a new crossover of hobbies; btw could this fill a 220 format frame?
You also could save a lot of weight by boring out your plywood base and still be plenty rigid
by thenthenthen
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Very cool, any pictures of the images it produces?
by robotswantdata
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Very cool project. Been taking my dwarflab mini on hikes instead of the 12” dob ;) , not the same at all but enjoy getting dark sky and some great astro shots.
by oAlbe
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How does one get started in the telescope building hobby?
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