Photos from Builders

Have you built an OTA, mount or both from our plans in this section? If so, we would love to post a photo of your project. Send photos and information to the Webmaster (link in the footer of this page).

6 inch f/8 OTA by Stewart Longly of Napier, New Zealand.

6 inch f/8 OTA by Stewart Longly of Napier, New Zealand.

Stewart mounted his OTA on an existing split-ring mount.
The tube rotates in the felt-lined cradle.

Posted 2010-Jul-04

8-inch f/6 Telescope by Sydney Mabry (and her dad Mark) of Richmond, VA.

8-inch f/6 Telescope by Sydney Mabry (and her dad Mark) of Richmond, VA.

They used full circle altitude bearings, and nicely decorated the tube and mount.

Posted 2010-Nov-05

6-inch f/6 Telescope Model by Doug Stewart of Bakersfield, CA.

6-inch f/6 Telescope Model by Doug Stewart of Bakersfield, CA.

This is a model done in Google SketchUp (a free 3D drawing program). It is available for use in their warehouse. You can find it here.

Posted 2010-Dec-17

6-inch f/8 Telescope by Richard Jounget of Duluth,MN.

6-inch f/8 Telescope by Richard Jounget of Duluth,MN.

"...as you can see its a combination of different ideas. Searching the internet I found the 7"x 60" rigid plastic tube at www.postguard.com , the vertical supports were made from a freehand drawing of a similar type Dob support Orion uses, and used Richard Berry's swivel base plan. The rocker is 1/2" plywood using 4" PVC for pivot rings. I used the Stellafane tube clamp design which works great." The OTA and Tube Cradle are based on the Stellafane design.

"Telescopes are kind of a addictive thing, I am already thinking of making a larger scope. I totally agree with your advice on starting with a 6" or maybe 8" scope for your first project. The amount of knowledge you acquire on that first scope is tremendous, and I would have never have attempted it without the Stellafane step by step instructions."

Posted 2011-Feb-03

8-inch f/5.52 built exactly to the Stellafane Dob plans by Cecilia Page (right). Ken Slater (left), creator of the plans, stands with Cecilia at the 2011 Stellafane Convention.

8-inch f/5.52 Telescope by Cecilia Page of New Preston, CT.

Cecilia attended the Stellafane Mirror Class in 2010-2011 and made an excellent mirror. She then followed the Stellafane Dob Plans exactly and crafted a beautiful telescope to house her mirror. Cecilia said this was her first woodworking project, with wonderful results.

The photo shows her scope at the 2011 Stellafane Convention, where it won 1st Place Optical under 12" and 3rd Place Mechanical Design.

Posted 2011-Aug-02

3-D Model of Stellafane Dob by Pinbout

Pinbout modeled his dob project, based on our design, in 3D and posted a YouTube video of it (click on the image at left to see the video). He has not finished the scope yet, so we don't have a photo of the completed project to show you at this time.

Posted 2011-Dec-30

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