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Repainted scope
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repainted scope
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close up of head
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looking nice
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Building an elevating fork mount
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Elevated image of scope
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rebuilt alt azymuth
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Newt on finished painted pier
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Newt on new alt-azymuth mount
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New ATM solar filter
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Grinding out 18" mirror
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Front view of 4" homemade telephoto
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Front view of homemade 5" binoss
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Back view of binos
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Homemade 5" binos on rolling tripod
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Homemade elevation mech for 4" newt
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Nylon bushing for homemade alt/az mount
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Secure nut removed DEC axis
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Internal nylon bushings for homemade al/az mount
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Modified .965 with 1.5" barrel
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Cutting a 13" blank
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Glass cut on edge
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Checking the cutting edge
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All my scopes, and mirror machines in scope garage
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13" couder masks
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Gouging out my 13" mirror
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Homemade faucoult tester
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Shadowgram of 3" mirror
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Good shadowgram 3" mirror
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Tilt KE with new LED on Foulcault tester
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Grinding more on the 18"
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Scope at GOMOC
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More scope at GOMOC in front of scope/mirror shop
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18" on test stand
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finished mirror shop, and scope garage
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Back of test stand before painting
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Auxilary pump motor installed in hydraulic system
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Last Art Devany lens ever made
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6"f/15 and 6"f/6.5 on elevated pier
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Drawing on my single lattice truss 18" Newtonian
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GOMOC machine shop
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Milling project in the shop
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20 degree wedge made in shop for bino mount
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Aluminum wedge fitted to bino fork
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Machining new inner sleave for white scope tube ri
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Newly machined rail, and mount for 4 inch schmidt
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Wide angle view of new video imager on the 6"f/15
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New video scope rail system (close up)
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Machining a new extension for my 4 inch telephoto
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I decided to polish the new bino mount wedge
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Our new Porter polishing machine donated by Bob Ma
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Control arms on the Porter polishing machine
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Freshly painted, and finished extension for 4" sco
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Old Cincinnati Mill co. mill base I am going to us
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Drawing of Mill base as pier for fork mt newtonian
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Mill base gear mounting for RA axis. I used used
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The new gear settup can be unlocked..so we can man
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Fork for the 13" just welded and resting in place.
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