Gold Mountain
Observing Center

Great Star Observation Site!

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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.