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Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

BobM — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:43:09 GMT

Thanks for your valuable guidance here, Tom. I accessed your photo file - excellent mod for eliminating those clips! And Yep, I DO have Criterion's 16.3mm

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

twleiper@... — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:56 GMT

Good find, Bob. You can see my "10" in the "Madness of Tom Leiper" folder, though it is from 1958 instead of 1972 and I bought it from the estate of a

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

gwkuch1 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:51:02 GMT

Bob, You are so lucky! I almost bought a similar 10"Dynascope in the next state, but couldn't get up the cash. I should've gone into debt to get it! Keep us

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

BobM — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:46:49 GMT

Gentlemen, thank you for the excellent advice. Eric, I'm deeply color blind - (I wait 'til the traffic signal turns BLUE before proceeding) - but I certainly

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

Eric Ramos — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:26:00 GMT

Oops the color of my S4 solar filter is red. It looks anodized. Eric ________________________________ From: Eric Ramos To:

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

jdilapo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:59:02 GMT

Hi Bob, I own the exact same equatorial mount that came with your 10" Dynascope. No OTA, but I wish I had one. I restored it several years ago and placed a

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

Eric Ramos — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:53:44 GMT

Bob, congratulations on this find. I wonder if your solar filter is an S4. I have a Criterion S4 solar filter terminated in color which I inherited with

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

BobM — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:22:49 GMT

Thanks, Jason - I have to tell you, when I first saw that huge shipping crate, it did feel a little like Gerardo Rivera opening up Jimmy Hoffa's "tomb".

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

exosearch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:50:21 GMT

WOW! I just saw your shots over in cloudynights.com, I can only imagine what you were thinking when they opened that crate!!! (when I saw it I said out loud

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

BobM — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:41:20 GMT

Richard - like Springfield - our place is off I-44 (though considerably east), approx 18 miles south of Cuba. We are just off SR19, about a mile northeast of

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

zeeemu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:02:03 GMT

Excellent, Bob. What area of the Ozarks? Anywhere near my home town of Springfield? I visit folks there each Spring and usually bring a scope or two. Richard

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

Charles — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:46:22 GMT

Wow, what a find, Bob...and I though I hit the jackpot when I located an outstanding RV-8 in St. Louis. What a great place! CS, Charles

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

BobM — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:11:45 GMT

Thanks for the feedback gentlemen! It certainly is my intent to clean and evaluate first. We have a dark site down in the Missouri Ozarks where we are

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

zeeemu — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:34:19 GMT

... "I would GREATLY appreciate any advice ..." Hi Bob, Ask and ye shall receive. Two suggestions. First, clean up and evaluate. Second, build an observatory

Re: 10" Custom Dynascope

Steve House — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:48:12 GMT

Hi Bob, Congratulations on that find! You didn't buy that from a gentleman with the initials T.F. by any chance, did you? Best wishes, Steve House ... From: