Here are a couple of snapshots of my new 10" f/6 Dob at various stages of construction (see here for a little about the mirror):
Quick snapshot with a Sony Mavica handheld to the eyepiece:
The various pieces: | |
| Ground board and center bolt; teflon pads are directly above the feet; the center bolt fastens to a T-nut in the ground board and turns on a nylon bushing in the rocker bottom |  |
| EbonyStar and Teflon bearing material from CEO |  |
| Partially assembled rocker box; the addition of additional braces below GREATLY increased its stiffness |  |
| Inner side brace; screwed and glued to side and bottom |  |
| Outer side brace; screwed and glued to side and bottom |  |
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| Cradle boards (fixed part of altitude bearings) |  |
| Altitude bearings and tube rings; lined with adhesive backed felt to protect the tube |  |
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| 12" ID Sonotube 67" long (price: one 12-pack of Henry's; thanks, Ed :-) |  |
| Bottom tube ring, mirror cell, collimation bolts |  |
| Assembled bottom tube ring and mirror cell; cell can be removed by taking out the bolts and rotating 60 degrees (rubber bands are temporary); fan will cover the hole |  |
| Collimation bolts have mayonaise jar tops on the heads and thread into T-nuts on the mirror cell |  |
| unaluminized mirror and top of cell; mirror will be attached with RTV on the bottom and the three posts |  |
| Coated Primary |  |
| Mirror - Cell attachment. There are also three big blobs of silicone glue between the back of the mirror and the cell |  |
| Collimation spot: a hole reinforcer painted black and carefully centered |  |
| Electronics |  |
| Nice quiet fan (to be installed on the back of the mirror cell) |  |
| ProtoStar spider and holder with integrated dew heater; CEO1.30" secondary mirror (1/20 wave!) |  |
| JMI NGF-DX1 2" dual speed Crayford focuser (not cheap and worth every penny!) |  |
| Top tube end ring |  |
| QuikFinder |  |