Wow! 18 bucks. That was a deal!
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/30/2014 9:15 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
My thermometer says that it's 112F outside in the shade, so it looks
like a good day to stay
indoors and repair a telescope that I've been putting off for some time. Maybe
do some reading or
watch a movie.
You can't just stop there. What's the scope?
It's a Meade 395, a fairly large 90mm by 1000mm f/11 refractor. Got it
at a Goodwill last year for just $18. The equatorial mount was broken and I
used that to make my vernier camera tripod mount. The shims in the focusing
assembly had all fallen out and I had to cement them all back in place, using
the draw tube as a clamp.
I found a few 1.25" eyepieces and a variable neutral density filter at
another Goodwill later, and yesterday a Chinese eBay seller reduced the price on the
needed T2 camera mount, so now it becomes an attractive project.
Now I need to make a small adapter plate so I can mount this beast on one
of my later model Meade tripods.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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