Re: Newtonian Sonotubes

From: Rockett Crawford (capella_at_airmail.net)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:50:59 -0600

> You can make your own CF tube by wrapping the sonotube with carbon
> fiber cloth. It wont be as pretty as a pre made tube but it will work
> just as well.

>
> You can make the sonotube a lot stiffer by building wooden rings about
> 1" wide on each end to stiffen the circular tube, put the circlular
> rings on the outside and screw in from the inside. You will need rings
> at both the mirror end and on the focuser end of the tube. You will
> need attachments to where you intend to mount the altitude bearigs, the
> insides are circular the outsides square.
>

These are interesting ideas if I can't find a commercially made tube?

Another friend has suggested trying to get a couple of CF tubes
for C14s from Celestron.

Rockett Crawford
http://web2.airmail.net/capella

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