Bill Your hereby know as Mr freez because your refractor is very cool! There is a guy who belongs to the The Antelope Valley Astronomy Club, Inc He has a six...
We would love to see the swift, photos and a review of its optics operation Show it off!! 61 is a ture classic/// Clint ... only "manufactured ... stargazing, ...
Hi if you came by due to the posts in the yahoo groups please stay Join and help put together the best data base the web has for classic telescope information....
... Hi Clint, Is there any chance you could put me in contact with this guy? I need to get some measurements of an original dew shield for the 6" so that I can...
This is on ebay. It is a really beautiful drive. Does anyone with historical knowledge know anything about what kinds of telescopes this drive was used with?...
LENNY the Photo album is fantastic Pleases post a link to your restoration page it is on of the best out there also do you have one for the Unitron you have...
Hi Clint and everyone else! The link to my RESTORATION PAGE <http://members.cox.net/awesomemarek/RestorationPage.htm> unfortunately I did not take any pictures...
... Hi all, I agree with Clint in that all these photos are great and I appreciate and enjoy having them as a resource. In the first message to the group...
Bill you will note how I started to divide up the folders in the link sections and the file sections it works in those areas but the photo section really...
One other think Bill Take a bunch of good pictures and close ups of that Cave refractor and POST em !!!!! Clint ... message ... other ... purpose. ... ...
I was cruzing Asto Mart and saw what I consider to be the worst thing or one of them I have com across READ this THIS WILL FOREVER BE BURNED INTO MY BRAIN And...
... Which why I dislike Teeter's Telescopes so much. He blantly said on his web page that classic telescopes were worthless unless you tore them apart, got rid...
It might be useful to put in the files section a description with as much information as possibel about each of the scopes in the pictures. I knew about Optica...
This is truly a tragedy, to part out a restorable scope, and sell it. This love of classics, and a severe budget puts one in a quandary sometimes. I was given...
... build ... Well Teeter's opinion is a bit extreme and was (probably) monetarily driven to a large extent. All of the Cave Astrola newtonians I have owned...
... sometimes. ... Scientific 6 " ... cleaning and ... lies that my ... never see ... apart, rebuild ... utilized as ... I agree with your concern about such...
... Thanks Clint. I have contacted them but the picture does not ring any bells for them. I think I might have seen the picture some time ago but cannot be...
... Clint, I noticed your efforts and it looks good. I agree that finding a solution to managing the photo albums will be a problem. On one hand, imposing...
Hi all, I am disassembling a 1976 era Cave Astrola EQ mount so that it can be re-painted. I have run into two problems. On the end of the polar housing where...
Hi all, Several years ago I ran across a post on the internet which indicated that Zolatone, http://www.zolatoneaim.com/index.html was the original supplier of...
Well it been busy here with work and all. Finally got the San & Streiffe 76 mm Carton Optical Company 1965 Refractor that I purchased on E-bay! The kicker was...
Hi All, I'm new to the group today! I was directed here by someone else I met online as a Unitron resource. I have had a Model 155 almost complete and in...
John Welcome to the group and thankyou for the photos in advance!! There is a fellow named Harald that lives in holland write him and ask, he has a way with...
Hi all, I created a new photo album called Cave Labels and Plaques or Placards. I have left the album unlocked so that others may add images of their Cave...
My Swift Instruments model 839 60mm refractor, c.1961, has a mark on it that I have never seen elsewhere. Does anyone recognise an "AA" symbol, with the...
Hi all, I am looking for a tutorial on the use of engravers wax. I am restoring several Cave telescopes and would like to apply new engravers wax to brass and...
I do apologize for not getting here sooner but life and work have been hell for the last few months. I work two jobs and as we approach spring my time gets...
Don sounds busy in Boise, Well the photo section and the likns page are really coming along it is easy to post and is becoming one of the best photo documents...
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