>
> > Next project, Frankenpod 02, is a salvaged telescope equatorial mount
> > modified to serve as a tripod head with vernier tilt and pan
> > adjustments. I only came across a distressed Meade 395 telescope the
> > other day which donated a broken mount for this project, and it will
> > take a few days to finish the modifications. The 90x1000mm f/11
> > telescope proper is a very worthy restoration project, and the tripod
> > legs are carefully stored away as spares.
>
> I just looked this up and see it's a 90mm f/11 refractor. Quite a find.
>
It needs to have the drawtube shims reattached, the missing finder plus
adjustment screws replaced, and an eyepiece or two. The objective cell and
lens were undamaged. Have to determine how to attach the mounting clamp to an
orphan Meade tripod/mount.
Chris
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