http://www.mackjulian.com/blog Happenings from my backyard observatory Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mackjulian.com/blog/?p=63#comment-26 Mack Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:21:26 +0000 http://www.mackjulian.com/blog/?p=63#comment-26 Today I installed the DUP15 bar across the top of the Parallax Rings today. To give the rings some more rigidity. Curious what a T-point model will look like after all these changes. but that will have to wait till monsoon season is over. Today I installed the DUP15 bar across the top of the Parallax Rings today. To give the rings some more rigidity. Curious what a T-point model will look like after all these changes. but that will have to wait till monsoon season is over.

]]> http://www.mackjulian.com/blog/?p=63#comment-22 Mack Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:41:28 +0000 http://www.mackjulian.com/blog/?p=63#comment-22 OK, DUP15 came in today and it didn't work the way I wanted. Only the center holes would align to the Parallax Rings. Also with the recommendation from one of the Bisque Engineers I decided to go back to mounting the parallax Rings directly to the Versa-Plate for less flexure. So I went back to plan A seen in the post called Parallax Rings. OK, DUP15 came in today and it didn’t work the way I wanted. Only the center holes would align to the Parallax Rings. Also with the recommendation from one of the Bisque Engineers I decided to go back to mounting the parallax Rings directly to the Versa-Plate for less flexure. So I went back to plan A seen in the post called Parallax Rings.

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