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I built this for a friend's grandson after he had the telescope tube donated to him. Last I heard he uses it every clear night.

This is my most recent telescope project. It started because I've always wanted and Edmund Astroscan. When I finally could afford one I decided to build one instead. I used a model car finish in place of natural because I needed to paint the acrylic globe with something, and how many times in...

This one I completed a couple of years ago. This was my first telescope building project. Beacuse of all the cutouts and fancy finish it took me almost 5 months to complete. I have to credit my wife for encouraging me to build and put quality components in it. I had been doing a cost...

I built this telescope over the course of about 2 years. I started in 2009 by ordering the 22" mirror, which would take 12 months to get. In the mean time, I worked on the design and then started cutting wood. The primary structures are made of Baltic Birch plywood. Some half inch, some...

I just noticed that I have three telescopes in my projects list. I do build other things - take this adjustable height observing chair for example. Instead of looking through it you sit on it ;-). Basically the problem is that when you use most telescopes the height of the eyepiece changes as...

Hi Everyone, It's been a while since I've shown any of my work. Been pretty busy. Like a lot of you out there, woodworking started as a hobby and then turned into a full time job. A while back I decided to get into Astronomy 'as a hobby' I bought a ZHUMELL Dobsonian 12" telescope and built an...

This project was for a member of my astronomy club. He bought the tube for a song and needed a portable base. The construction is all 3/4" home store oak plywood. The top of the tube stands about 6" tall when pointed straight up so this thing isn't small. I didn't feel like throwing in the...