{"id":16651,"date":"2015-08-17T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=16651"},"modified":"2020-07-23T03:14:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:14:50","slug":"building-a-new-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=16651","title":{"rendered":"Building a New Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No, I am not talking about TMT<\/a>. I have something a bit smaller in process. For the first time in many years I am building a telescope. Just a little one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Maka\u02bbiki\"<\/a>
The design for a 6″ f\/5 travel telescope Maka\u02bbiki<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It has been a while, my cred as an ATM<\/a> is in jeopardy of being revoked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I say a little one I am being serious, a 6″ f\/5 is the design specification. This is the same optical specification as Primero<\/a>, my first telescope. The difference here is in building a travel telescope, something that will fit in carry-on baggage with room for clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am modelling the telescope off a small telescope built by Brett Schaere<\/a>r he named WikiKea, a telescope I had a chance to examine at Oregon Star Party<\/a> a couple years ago. He incorporated a clever focus mechanism into that ‘scope that got my attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett built his telescope for a trip to Hawai\u02bbi, thus the Hawaiian influence in the name. I will follow suit and have decided that I am building Maka\u02bbiki, which translates as little eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have generated a full set of plans based on a couple photographs of the original telescope. That exercise itself was fun, I love designing things like this. When these plans are complete, a few details are to be settled during building, I will publish them here on DV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have manufactured many of the mechanical parts over the last week. A couple more days will be required to make the remainder. I have sourced many of the materials from my stash in the garage, including the plywood, scraps left over from building other telescopes including Deep Violet<\/a>. I have found that the selection of stainless steel hardware at the Waimea ACE<\/a> truly sucks, they are out of stock on everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other parts are coming in from eBay merchants, like knobs and HDPE tape. The optics will likewise be from the eBay, most likely GSO<\/a>. Later today there will be a stop at Home Depot, I am out of wood glue, the last bit thrown out as it had hardened in the bottle. And unlike the local ACE, their hardware selection is pretty good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update!<\/strong> The new ‘scope is complete, you can read more about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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