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One of the hobbies my Brother-In-Law dabbles in. Not only has he built multiple telescopes over the years, he even built his own domed observatory!
The base is a large diameter (~10 ft) circular wooden watering tub intended for live stock. The dome is a home-made plywood geodesic structure built from a kit/instructions. The top rail of the tub and underside of botton rail of dome were both grooved with a 1-inch router bit. Into the groove he placed a few hundred salvaged golf balls. Presto, a ten foot diameter ball bearing! The telescope sits atop a large concrete mass footing which is isolated from the remainder of the enclosure.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: Telescope for a kid, Bill Homer , Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:48:56
- Follow-up, Bill Homer , Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:20:27
- Re: OT: Telescope for a kid, dboone, Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:06:46
- Re: OT: Telescope for a kid, Aaron Govatos, Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:29:38
- Size matters - go smaller (and cheaper), Ari , Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:35:18
- Maybe none...., LesH, Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:01:02
- Start with a small binoculars for general star...., TKC, Sat, 15 Jan 2005 06:14:07
- Re: OT: Telescope for a kid, chrisx, Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:34:31
- Make your own!, Ernesto , Fri, 14 Jan 2005 22:54:51
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