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Starfog9	Dob shrouds Posted by Starfog9 Viewed 1008 times	Latest post by Starfog9 Fri, Feb 4 2011 11:04 PM	2
tower3	Observing Chair Plans Posted by tower3 Viewed 2381 times	Latest post by tower3 Wed, Feb 2 2011 12:06 AM	2
Zacher	How long to rough grind a mirror? Posted by Zacher Viewed 2224 times	Latest post by nfredrick2002 Sun, Jan 2 2011 2:34 PM	4
johnmac	Refractor Posted by johnmac Viewed 1087 times	Latest post by Ed Holland Fri, Dec 17 2010 12:07 AM	2
PeakOilBill	Total Silicone Adhesive Removal Posted by PeakOilBill Viewed 2177 times	Latest post by PeakOilBill Sat, Nov 13 2010 4:24 AM	2
ScottMO	6" Mirror issue. Posted by ScottMO Viewed 2758 times	Latest post by ScottMO Thu, Nov 4 2010 9:46 PM	14
whirlpoolm51	Need help with dew zappers!!!! Posted by whirlpoolm51 Viewed 1506 times	Latest post by Oriontaage Sat, Oct 23 2010 2:31 PM	4
RevJoel	Newbie with a question about the MTO-11CA 1000mm/f10 telephoto lens... Posted by RevJoel Viewed 1856 times	Latest post by chipdatajeffB Sat, Oct 16 2010 1:20 PM	1
Oriontaage	10" Ultralight Newtonian on Computerized Cross Axis Mount Posted by Oriontaage Viewed 5667 times	Latest post by Oriontaage Sun, Sep 26 2010 5:55 PM	7
Oriontaage	DSC, Stacking, and Autoguiding Program Projects Posted by Oriontaage Viewed 1289 times	Latest post by Oriontaage Sat, Aug 21 2010 10:43 PM	0
Ed Holland	Home made rubber eye cup Posted by Ed Holland Viewed 2451 times	Latest post by Ed Holland Fri, Aug 6 2010 9:24 PM	2
Ed Holland	Because I like to have things just right... Posted by Ed Holland Viewed 989 times	Latest post by leo731 Tue, Aug 3 2010 9:57 PM	1
Kyle	Semicircular Altitude Bearings on Dobsonians Posted by Kyle Viewed 3883 times	Latest post by Kyle Wed, Jun 16 2010 2:04 AM	8
sutherlandws	Help with Slitless Spectrograph Design Posted by sutherlandws Viewed 1816 times	Latest post by chipdatajeffB Tue, Jun 8 2010 8:23 PM	3
rcwilcox	Optics suggestions for a 8" Newtonian Posted by rcwilcox Viewed 1384 times	Latest post by johnjohnson Thu, May 13 2010 3:56 AM	3
Ed Holland	Home made Crayford focuser design Posted by Ed Holland Viewed 12785 times	Latest post by Ed Holland Mon, Mar 29 2010 3:01 AM	21
Oriontaage	Adding Autoguiding to a Classic C8 Posted by Oriontaage Viewed 4201 times	Latest post by Oriontaage Tue, Mar 9 2010 8:32 PM	4
Sergio	Building an equatorial wedge Posted by Sergio Viewed 1520 times	Latest post by Sergio Sat, Feb 20 2010 1:22 AM	0
Kyle	Building a Schiefspiegler??? Posted by Kyle Viewed 5537 times	Latest post by jballauer Wed, Feb 10 2010 4:48 AM	14
tamasflex	Home - made zoom telescope. Posted by tamasflex Viewed 3467 times	Latest post by tamasflex Sat, Jan 30 2010 5:32 PM	3