It's great to be able to use the Yahoo group system to get to know eachother. I want to welcome you to our group as well as urge you to post pictures of your...
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David Perry
applegate585
Aug 16, 2009 12:16 pm
David here from the UK. I was inspired by Dennis's telescopes to build my own 16" very much along his lines. We joke that mine is a Dobstuff Clone, and I think...
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Darron Spohn
darronspohn
Aug 17, 2009 1:33 am
Interesting story Dave. I recently received my Dobstuff kit from Dennis. Everything looks excellent, but the weather has prevented me from starting on the kit....
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David Perry
applegate585
Aug 17, 2009 12:33 pm
Hi darron, Yes dennis kits are fabulous, but to ship one over here would have cost more than the kit: hence my cloning! At first I started to get a few bits...
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Darron Spohn
darronspohn
Aug 17, 2009 4:08 pm
David, Yeah, shipping would be prohibitive all the way across the Atlantic. I bought a Dobstuff kit after accidently winning a 14-inch Hubble Optics mirror on...
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densteele
Aug 27, 2009 8:49 pm
Hi all. I've tried to get into the discussion about strut telescopes and "flex" on my website. I've created a page -- that is not made public as yet -- at ...
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Jim Solar
jlsolar...
Aug 28, 2009 3:44 am
Hi Dennis, Â Hope you had a good vacation. Â I do not have the expertise to comment on your new page; however, it is timely. My main concern with you design...
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densteele
Aug 28, 2009 3:48 am
Jim, I think you'll find that, with the 2" struts and the relatively short focal length of your telescope, it will be just fine. The whole point of the...
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David Perry
applegate585
Aug 28, 2009 12:19 pm
Looks good to me Dennis. I thought the upper holes were moved OUT slightly, not inwards, to give the struts their stiffness? No matter. David...
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densteele
Aug 28, 2009 1:59 pm
Actually, David, either direction will do. I move them in, but moving them out does the same thing.. Dennis...
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trlist
Sep 19, 2009 12:38 am
Dennis, I am very new to telescope building and had a question for you about your mirror cells. Your web site shows six-point flotation cells, optimized with...
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Dennis
densteele
Sep 19, 2009 7:55 am
Hello Taylor. I've used the 6-point support on many of the 14" and 16" scopes using the Hubble sandwich mirror without any complaints. I'm not sure why the 3D...
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billy
applegate585
Sep 19, 2009 11:20 am
... I did a lot of common sense research, as I would call it, before building my Dobstuff -clone and discovered that the distortions in the mirrors are...
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Taylor Reid
trlist
Sep 19, 2009 2:19 pm
... The 3D view only shows astigmatism when then mirror is tilted. This is to be expected, because the forces on the mirror become unbalanced when tilted. A...
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Dennis
densteele
Sep 27, 2009 8:00 pm
Hi all. Just complete a nice 17.5" f4.8 remake. Take a look here ==> http://dobstuff.com/175scope.htm Regards to all. Dennis...
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David Perry
applegate585
Sep 28, 2009 1:17 pm
Dennis that looks fabulous. I bet the thing is a work of art in the flesh. David...
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Dennis
densteele
Oct 12, 2009 1:23 am
I want to welcome Don J to our forum. He's putting together a 23" telescope with DobSTUFF components. I'm looking forward to seeing it completed. It'll be...
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Dennis
densteele
Oct 17, 2009 10:51 am
Hi all. I wonder how everyone is doing with their telescope?? I've just finished a couple of neat projects. One is the 12" ETT (Easy Transport Telescope) for...
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billy
applegate585
Nov 4, 2009 8:37 am
My 16" has been "almost finished" for what seems like months. It seems like months because actually it has been months. So why the delay?? Children mostly,...
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darronspohn
Nov 4, 2009 10:20 am
Shortly after ordering my kit from Dennis I decided to quit my job and go back to college. After being out of school for 26 years I had forgotten how much time...
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Dennis
densteele
Nov 4, 2009 8:13 pm
Hi all. I was able to get some pictures of the 23" telescope made with dobstuff.com components. It's quite impressive. Check it at: ...
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Dennis
densteele
Nov 10, 2009 2:12 pm
Hi all. Bob C, in Illinois, just completed a 13.1" telescope from a kit. His three-tone color scheme is really beautiful. You can see a picture of the scope at...
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Dennis
densteele
Nov 30, 2009 9:21 pm
Take a look: http://dobstuff.com/130scope.htm Dennis...
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Dennis
densteele
Dec 31, 2009 2:59 pm
The new picture on the group webpage is of Hugh's carry-on telescope. It's a 10" f4.5 that weighs in a less than 34# complete. It fits into the box that also...
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Dennis
densteele
Jan 16, 2010 9:35 pm
Hi all. Hugh in Oakland has pretty much completed the 10" suite case telescope. The neat thing about the telescope is that is sized to fit into the overhead...
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billy
applegate585
Feb 26, 2010 9:27 am
Wow, Dennis, that 23" is really something. Trouble is, it rather makes me wonder quite what limits there are to your design...anyone for a 72" mirror???? ...
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billy
applegate585
Feb 26, 2010 10:31 am
Hmmm, a clever design, but that box on wheels weighs what? 33lb plus?? Will the airlines allow that? I fly for the airlines, and I cant recall our upper limit...
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Dennis
densteele
Feb 26, 2010 3:56 pm
When I visited Don and took those pictures, we had a heck of a time getting the mirror box down his stairs!! Must weight 80# (the mirror is 60#). All in all,...
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Dennis
densteele
Feb 26, 2010 5:33 pm
Yes, the 33# is compatible with airline limits -- I think they allow up to 50#.. Hugh's design is really nice....
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Hugh Bartlett
hughbartlett2
Feb 26, 2010 7:41 pm
Thank you for the compliment on the design! The box weighs 35 lbs. The weight limit for a carry-on for most airlines is 40 lbs. (it used to be 50 lbs.). I...
