Made a planetary scope from a bunch of shelves, some plywood, and a GSO mirror.
2018-05-22_10-37-20 by Cyrus Beh, on Flickr
Balances very well, and seems to have pretty good mechanics. Can't wait to test it out soon!
DIY 8"F/6 Planetary Scope from Shelves and IKEA table
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Re: DIY 8"F/6 Planetary Scope from Shelves and IKEA table
Adventures in recycling...haha. Nice scope! Maybe can get Ikea into the Dob business too.
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Re: DIY 8"F/6 Planetary Scope from Shelves and IKEA table
hmm so the hex things were the ikea shelves?
i have a lot of trouble cutting angles into plywood to make those hex shapes.. what i did before was a box.
i have a lot of trouble cutting angles into plywood to make those hex shapes.. what i did before was a box.
Re: DIY 8"F/6 Planetary Scope from Shelves and IKEA table
Nope. I got the shelves from a local carpenter through carousell. The table is from IKEA and has been converted to the rocker box
Re: DIY 8"F/6 Planetary Scope from Shelves and IKEA table
Hi
Good to see you have done it. I am a beginner and want to buy a dob 6 inch but find it too heavy and expensive to import here. It costs about $650 to bring in from bh for a skywatcher. I wonder why an 6 inch dob needs to be heavy like 18kg. The mirror is only about 1kg. I am thinking of building a light weight version where i can bring for travel.
what online shop do you buy your GSO mirror? What is the total weight of your assemblied Dob telescope?
Thanks very much.
Good to see you have done it. I am a beginner and want to buy a dob 6 inch but find it too heavy and expensive to import here. It costs about $650 to bring in from bh for a skywatcher. I wonder why an 6 inch dob needs to be heavy like 18kg. The mirror is only about 1kg. I am thinking of building a light weight version where i can bring for travel.
what online shop do you buy your GSO mirror? What is the total weight of your assemblied Dob telescope?
Thanks very much.
Re: DIY 8"F/6 Planetary Scope from Shelves and IKEA table
Sorry I missed this question. The GSO mirror was bought from Agena AstroProducts. The total weight is very heavy, though I don't have a scale to weight it. I have another project with a ultraportable Dob, that weighs around 9kg.Yong54321 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:17 pm Hi
Good to see you have done it. I am a beginner and want to buy a dob 6 inch but find it too heavy and expensive to import here. It costs about $650 to bring in from bh for a skywatcher. I wonder why an 6 inch dob needs to be heavy like 18kg. The mirror is only about 1kg. I am thinking of building a light weight version where i can bring for travel.
what online shop do you buy your GSO mirror? What is the total weight of your assemblied Dob telescope?
Thanks very much.
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Re: DIY 8"F/6 Planetary Scope from Shelves and IKEA table
You can get the Skywatcher 8" dobsonian through Amazon.sg for $625 all-in (that is inclusive of shipping and GST!)
https://www.amazon.sg/Sky-Watcher-S1161 ... 00Z4G3PRK/
You do need to have an Amazon Prime subscription, which is pretty cheap, you can even get it through Singtel.
https://www.amazon.sg/Sky-Watcher-S1161 ... 00Z4G3PRK/
You do need to have an Amazon Prime subscription, which is pretty cheap, you can even get it through Singtel.