stash Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Most who went to Kelling probably saw these but as I wasn't there i didn't so for others in the same boat this makes a interesting read on an alternative.Some nice engineering IMO http://www.deep-sky.co.uk/telescopemaking/bino2014.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Yes, they were near the EMS enclave, good looking piece of kit. price?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Lovely engineering and optical quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sharpie78 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 those things are insane...... but also insanely cool !! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 (edited) They are from the Bolton Astro Soc. Gerald is the guy in the blue jumper. The binoculars are superb, with around 1500 hrs of work going into them, unfortunately, I didn't get a look through them, as they nearly always had a queue. They made a couple of sets of 8" one's but had real problems getting them to collimate correctly, so settled on 6", which are apparently easier to work with. It's worth a look round their website, they have a good selection of homemade projects and they are a nice bunch as well. http://www.boltonastro.org.uk/ Edited December 11, 2014 by BAZ clueless punctuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sharpie78 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Hi Martyn, hope you're well. Just wondering if you know whether these guys are regular visitors to kelling please ? I'd love to get a look through those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Again they really are something special. Didn't get to look through them but had a good look over them in the day time. You can tell it's a real passion for him when you talk to him about them. He's been there past two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sharpie78 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 hopefully he'll be there in April too and have them with him again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) Tried to make a big pair of binos from a pair of ar127l fracs.... Gave up when the gimble to join the optical paths was £2k!!! That setup looks amazing. Edited December 12, 2014 by Tweedledum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 They look amazing : I'd love to look through them....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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