Tag Archives: dobsonian

I think the next step has to be sorting out the spider and secondary mirror assembly. Now I’ve had some time to consider options, what I’d really like to do is to build a secondary assembly similar to those used … Continue reading →

The new stainless bolts arrived, but I’ve had little chance to get out to the workshop so this morning I got out and started work on fitting the new focuser. This took a little longer than planned as I realised … Continue reading →

Having found a 65mm hole saw, I screwed a block of scrap timber to the inside of the OTA using the existing mounting holes having marked the centre as best I could. and cut a larger diameter hole for the … Continue reading →

Whilst sorting out a holesaw to enlarge the focuser port I made a decision regarding which focuser I was going to use and then set to with FreeCAD to design a new mounting plate for it. I’d measured the outside … Continue reading →

The new world in which we find ourselves has brought other priorities to the fore over the last few months, but now things seem to be settling down a little, at least for a while, it’s time to get back … Continue reading →

As I posted previously I am now the keeper of a 12″ f/6 Darkstar dob that’s in need of a reasonable amount of work to get it usable again. Having left it to loom over the power tools in the … Continue reading →

Over the weekend I went to collect this monster from someone who had been given it “in need of some repair work”, but was struggling to find the time to do it. The consensus seems to be that it’s a … Continue reading →