What are thie differend philosohpies ins collecting old scopes... The primary one of perserving the past for posterity is common to all of us. But there are...
Hi Carol, I built a 10 inch eq. refl. in 86 to veiw Haley. I followed designs from the mid 1800. The age of steam..lots of steel,brass,handwheels,levers and...
I use mine to observe with, particularly at starnights, etc, usually set up next to my TeleVue just to show the difference in 35 years of technology. Many are...
Hello All knowing Unitroners Clint here. Well the 1960 152 Unitron has been here a while and I have been very busy on her. She looked like the telescope that...
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Hi Carol I have been in mexico for a week But wanted to say that all the reasons you posted are why I refurbish scopes and collect. And there somehow kinda...
... An interesting question. I've thought about it before but never came up with an all encompassing reason. One thought that comes over me while using "old...
... followed designs from the mid 1800. The age of steam..lots of steel,brass,handwheels,levers and gears. I worked in a machine shop catering to ship repair...
Hi Folks! I'm writing an article on the late 1970s/early 1980s Edmund Voyager 6001 60mm refractor from Edmund Optics. Also called the "Rank Refractor" after...
Howdy Preston, Welcome to Classic scopes... I have a 60mm Swift, and small scopes with Jaegers objectives, but not an Edmunds You little scope sounds like the...
Howdy Carol, I just joined this group. One can never get enough telescope info. JackP siderea <siderea@...> wrote: Howdy Preston, Welcome to Classic...
I have an 8" f/5 Cave that I want to restore. Its original focuser was replaced with a helical type adapted for astrophotography.Does anybody know a source...
While I'm waiting for my recently purchased 10" Cave to arrive I'm in search of a JMI Mototrak that I understand were used with these scopes. Does any member...
Easy on the better than cave stuff... LOL well I have seen a few Coast inst. scopes I would be cool if you post some photos under the type of scope year model...
Hello Vic well it would depend on the year the scope was built. Some of the later models had a 2" focuser that Park inst. still sells some of the old ones are...
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... The year marked on the main mirror is 1974. I have not measured the secondary yet but it seems to be a 2.0". Judging by the size of the original focuser...
... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/classictelescopes/files/CATALOGS/Royal_catalog.pdf ... Hi Steven, I found my 4" Opica b/c newtonian in the Royal catalog....
Hi Vic, Clint is right. Cave used different suppliers of focusers and finderscopes over the years. In fact, Cave and Coast Instrument used some of the same...
Hi Clint (Caveman), I created an album and posted 4 pix of Treckerscopes appearing in Sky & Tel ads between 1957 and 1960. I have more to upload, including a...
... finderscopes over the years. In fact, Cave and Coast Instrument used some of the same components at the same and different times. I have a 1950s Coast...
Somwhere I read that in 75 cave started using that parks style focuser. There is a store here in the valley named Scope city, Encino it is like a mile from my...
Lew nice old lawn cannon. We will have to set up and have a volley somtime or get together for coffee and look at the collection... Clint 8186741557 Carla must...
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