Popular Post philjay Posted December 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2019 I was mangling some ali bar on the lathe last week to give my Towa 339 80mm F15 a pair of new tube rings. I have some SW 80 mm scope rings so I made up some split ring packers to take the Towa and improve on the old clamshell bodge job I have put up with the past 10 year. Last weeks moon shots with it were testing these out and they offer much better adjustment for balancing. Quite pleased with em. Bottletopburly, +Graham, Clive and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Very smart Phil, nice job 👍 philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Posh👍 philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Looks good. Is that a GSO Crayford? philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Very tidy Phil. philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 35 minutes ago, Nightspore said: Looks good. Is that a GSO Crayford? Its an Antares, pretty basic but it works fine a darn sight better than the original 0.96" snorkel focuser. The 2" capability has transformed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) Lovely job Phil, reminds me I must get back to mangling again. Edited December 17, 2019 by Doc philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 45 minutes ago, Doc said: Lovely job Phil, reminds me I must get back to mangling again. You cant beat creating loads of turnings and swarf> I was chuffed with this little job cos it was a chance to try my new lathe parting tool, it actually worked, didnt have to resort to hacksaw at all😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, philjay said: Its an Antares, pretty basic but it works fine a darn sight better than the original 0.96" snorkel focuser. The 2" capability has transformed it. It's just that it looks a lot like a GSO. This GSO is branded TS Optics. The focuser wheels look like your 'Antares'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I'm still saving up for a Moonlite for the Clave but everytime I get near some other bill pops up. philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 11 hours ago, Nightspore said: It's just that it looks a lot like a GSO. This GSO is branded TS Optics. The focuser wheels look like your 'Antares'. Its probably from the same factory but just a different sticker. Mine didnt have the finder brackets though, I had to fit my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 3 hours ago, philjay said: Its probably from the same factory but just a different sticker. Mine didnt have the finder brackets though, I had to fit my own. I fitted the finder shoes in the picture. I was a bit surprised they held perfectly with one M4 screw. I suppose it's because they hug the curved surface of the focuser itself. It's very well made but I swapped it for a Sky-Watcher rotating focuser as the rotating mechanism is a bit weird. I still have GSO (TS Optics) rotating focusers on my old ST80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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