After using my home-built Dobsonian telescope for more than 3 years and having time to observe the designs and craftsmanship of other amateur astronomer's scopes, I decided it was time to rebuild mine. Some of the issues I hope to address are: Craftsmanship not good enough Balance is not great Motion is not very smooth Focuser is not the best Does not break down well for transport The first step was to think and sketch and diagram. The second step was to build the secondary holder and spider (seen at left). More posts will be forthcoming as I reach milestones. Images of the secondary holder and spider can be viewed in this photo set.

The site has languished for quite some time, mainly because it had no particular focus and I'm not especially jocular. I've decided to narrow it down a bit to being mostly about amateur astronomy, which should guarantee one observing report a month (oh, wait ... I'm at the mercy of the weather). Well, at least more frequent updates.