Telescope moving dolly
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:29 pm
Jerry, When we were at the Burren last saturday night we were discussing the problems/dangers of setting up a heavy telescope for observing.
Here is a link to an image of the dolly I am using for the Meade 10" : www.pulsar-optical.co.uk/prod/AC091.html
As you can see the 3 legs are telescopic (no pun intended) to accomodate varying spread widths of the tripods that come with different scopes.
The scope's tripod legs sit into a hole at the end of each of the dolly legs (it cannot easily fall off/or out of the dolly) and the hex bolts are tightened.
When you get to your observing point then you can simply wind down the the anchoring cups and you have a reasonably rigid set up for your observing session.
For me this has transformed the number of times I take out the scope for observing. The only improvement I would like to see on this design is if it came with bigger diameter castor wheels. This set up is a little top heavy and you would not want to be too aggressive when moving it from A to B.
Let me know if you would like to see it. Conn
p.s. Thanks for the guided tour of the sky at the Burren .. it was thoroughly enjoyable
Here is a link to an image of the dolly I am using for the Meade 10" : www.pulsar-optical.co.uk/prod/AC091.html
As you can see the 3 legs are telescopic (no pun intended) to accomodate varying spread widths of the tripods that come with different scopes.
The scope's tripod legs sit into a hole at the end of each of the dolly legs (it cannot easily fall off/or out of the dolly) and the hex bolts are tightened.
When you get to your observing point then you can simply wind down the the anchoring cups and you have a reasonably rigid set up for your observing session.
For me this has transformed the number of times I take out the scope for observing. The only improvement I would like to see on this design is if it came with bigger diameter castor wheels. This set up is a little top heavy and you would not want to be too aggressive when moving it from A to B.
Let me know if you would like to see it. Conn
p.s. Thanks for the guided tour of the sky at the Burren .. it was thoroughly enjoyable