Amateur Telescope Making
The First 16 inch - "Transportable Mount"
Uploaded 12/5/17
 Ok, at some point
            we all want an easy to set up portable instrument right? After
            I had this instrument in the observatory for a while, we next
            made it portable. I had built this one to enter in the Riverside
            Telescope Makers Conference for a possible award. Well, this
            shot is at the conference with the finished (barely) scope on
            display. It won a coveted merit award for the hand rolled tube
            I made from masonite curved by wetting it with water bit by bit.
            
 

            

            
 

            
RTMC
            1987 This is me with my newly finished


            
scope
            on display for the judges to see.


            
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Transporting the instrument was a challenge,
I had to fit it like a puzzle into the back of the
pick up truck.  Most of the time it survived the
trip out to the star party.

            
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 The next year, it was back at RTMC with 
a new covering of wood grain laminate.  It was
so heavy now - what was I thinking?



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