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u/The_Burning_Face

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Image 1 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 2 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 3 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 4 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 5 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 6 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 7 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 8 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 9 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 10 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 11 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 12 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 13 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 14 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 15 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
Image 16 — after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope
▲ 251 r/telescopes

after 18 months, I've finally fully finished my DIY scope

This has been a bit of a passion project of mine. I started last February\march time, wanting to do astrophotography on a budget. My last scope was a powerseeker so obviously I wanted a dobsonian.

The panels and trunnions are fully hand shaped as I don't own power tools, I obviously bought many parts like the mirrors, focuser and az bearing, but beyond those little bits I built the reduction gears myself with belt trains to end up with overall 3.1 arcsecond tracking, which isn't all that, but once I swap from drv8825s to TMC drivers I can go to 1\64 and I'll be dropping to 0.8 with an alt tracking of 0.27 arcsecond.

I'm very pleased with it. Here's some build pictures and a few untracked space pictures to show why I needed tracking.

Still gutted I didn't get a good image of Saturn on the flat pass though.

(Also if it's raining near you, this is why, sorry bout that)

u/The_Burning_Face — 1 day ago
▲ 116 r/Bushcraft

Posting here because you guys'll get it. Wife asked why I bought a big tarp. Don't look so silly now the heat's here

Take that, sun.

u/The_Burning_Face — 2 months ago
▲ 30 r/needforspeed

Hello old friend, it's been a long time.

Forgive terrible driving, I was mapping the controller on the fly. Good to be back in Rockport.

u/The_Burning_Face — 2 months ago
▲ 41 r/paracord

So I decided to try getting in shape.as a result I had a reason to make a jump rope.

Made from 2 folded lengths, box\crown stack handles (to be king cobra wrapped for ergo\aesthetics later) folding into a 4 strand round braid. Not the best, but a lot cheaper than an off the shelf jump rope. I'm only using it for the back garden, it ain't a fashion show

u/The_Burning_Face — 3 months ago
▲ 34 r/jumprope

So I'm trying to get in shape, but I'm not spending a fortune on a crossrope. Paracord to the rescue.

u/The_Burning_Face — 3 months ago