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HomemadeRefractorTelescopes · ATM & Homemade Refractor telescopes

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  • Members: 119
  • Category: Telescopes
  • Founded: Mar 13, 2009
  • Language: English
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Dedicated to homemade refracting telescopes.

Any and all kinds of refracting telescopes that you built..either by purchasing an objective from D&G, Yaegers, Antaries, Brandt, or any of the hundreds of professional, semi-professional, or Amateur objective makers. Consisting of parts you make. borrow or scrounge. Even scopes that you simply assemble from ordered manufacturers listed parts or accessories.

If you built it from scratch or would like to learn how to...this is the place to get aquainted, meet those who have built their own refracting telescopes, and just have fun. Those of you who are familiar with RTMC or Stellefane are familiar with what it can take to produce a quality refractor from things unrelated, or altered.

Try to keep personal issues to an unnoticeable level, and lets have fun....

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Re: My optical bench
Bill, Thanks for sending photos of your optical bench. This is something I will have to set up for my next project after I finish the 8.7" refractor which is
Posted - Sun Nov 8, 2009 12:41 am
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My optical bench
I up-loaded pictures in the photo section under Bill M. I made a simple optical bench that worked fairly well. I was able to measure the back focal length and
Posted - Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:05 pm
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Re: Base Plate For Sale!
Phil...... Welcome to the Homemade refractor forum. Thanks for posting your item that others may use for thier own projects. What changes are you making to
Posted - Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:26 pm
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Working out the details of mounting my Objective
Well after some time deliberating my approach to mounting my new objective to the tube of my 10"f/15 refractor..I've devised a way that is very simple and very
Posted - Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:22 pm
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Re: recommendations for a mount
There is such a thing. The cure is a Hargreaves strut. It attaches between the front area of the OTA and the counterweight arm. It's essentially two U-joints
Posted - Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:00 am
Doug
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