Big-Red
(a 'copy-scope' type widefield telescope)
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4" Bessler Lens, 14" f.l.
4" PVC Schedule 40 pipe fitting with surplus navy gunsight prism mounted.
Ball bearing Crayford focuser made with ball bearings from 3.5" floppy disk drive and aluminum plate
Good shot of ball bearings and 2" eyepiece also from surplus Navy gunsight.
All the PCV and other parts made ready for test fitting.
Slot to allow eyepiece to rotate up-down around central axis for viewing ease.
Test fitting.
Test fitting with Crayford attached.
Tape for reference, dew-shield in place.
The finished product, nicknamed "Big-Red" by my wife and sister-in-law.