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Astroscan Base
Greetings, all!
Does anyone have an Astroscan base lying around that they don't want? Perhaps from a broken scope? I have an Astroscan, but no base or shoulderstrap. Edmund will sell me one for about 40 or 50 dollars, but that's alot right now for a very occasional activity. Please answer to this group, and I'll contact you from there. Thanks, Bill Yellin. |
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Astroscan Base
A guy in our club uses the white pvc base for a toilet (I think where the
wax gasket goes) as an Astroscan base. He claims it works well. Dennis "Bill Yellin" wrote in message m... Greetings, all! Does anyone have an Astroscan base lying around that they don't want? Perhaps from a broken scope? I have an Astroscan, but no base or shoulderstrap. Edmund will sell me one for about 40 or 50 dollars, but that's alot right now for a very occasional activity. Please answer to this group, and I'll contact you from there. Thanks, Bill Yellin. |
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Astroscan Base
I built a handy one from PVC pipe and fittings in 1990 or so. Design
was from one of the mags. I used some glue-on felt from hobby shop to make the motion smooth. That improvised tripod made for a quick setup. Phil Bill Yellin wrote: Thanks, fellas - The dog dish is a good solution. I'll get one, and I appreciate it. If anyone comes up with a real one, I'd still be interested, though. I have a tripod, but there's the convenience of just walking up and plopping it down to look at the moon, etc. ...Bill otnow (Jskies187) wrote in message ... The 3 support pads for this scope are set at about 6.75" in diameter. The bottom of the base is 10.5" in diameter. I suspect anything close in size would work, whether a pvc fixture or made from wood As a footnote: any scope is only as good as it's mount, so to speak. Astroscan's are sold as table top scopes, but most tables actually make pretty bad mounts. If you do make a base for one, consider perhaps making it a three legged one. A tripod. john From: "Dennis Woos" Date: Fri, Jul 11, 2003 4:57 PM Message-id: A guy in our club uses the white pvc base for a toilet (I think where the wax gasket goes) as an Astroscan base. He claims it works well. Dennis "Bill Yellin" wrote in message . com... Greetings, all! Does anyone have an Astroscan base lying around that they don't want? Perhaps from a broken scope? I have an Astroscan, but no base or shoulderstrap. Edmund will sell me one for about 40 or 50 dollars, but that's alot right now for a very occasional activity. Please answer to this group, and I'll contact you from there. Thanks, Bill Yellin. |
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Astroscan Base
Dog dish. What a hoot!
Sounds like it should work though. john From: (Bill Yellin) Date: Mon, Jul 14, 2003 2:02 PM Message-id: Thanks, fellas - The dog dish is a good solution. I'll get one, and I appreciate it. john |
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