"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." 

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)


 

 

Here are three easy projects that you can easily build yourself. The first one "The Dobsonian Base" raises up your small dob telescope to a comfortable observing heigth. It's a real back saver. The second one "The Camera - Eyepiece Adapter" is a much cheaper alternative to buying an expensive adapter from a handful of vendors. The third is not my design. It's an alternative idea to mounting a Telrad to a refractor by attaching it to the refractor tube rings instead of the telescope tube itself. Credit to this last design goes to JohnG from Australia's IceInSpace forums who was good hearted enough to grant me permission to post it here. I hope to be adding more projects here as time goes on. Be sure to check back!


Click here for plans to build a

Dobsonian Base

 


 

Click here for plans to build a

Camera - Eyepiece Adapter


Click here for plans to build a

Telrad - Refractor / Tube Ring Mount


 


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