Table of contents

Working principle

Components of the platform

Materials
  Wooden materials
  Non wooden materials

Building the platform
  The circle sectors and the platform top
  The bearings and the roller
  The drive-shaft
  The ground board
  The drive-motor
  The reduction assembly
  The finishing touch

Using the platform

Concluding remarks


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Go to: Dobsonian tips

Go to: bending aluminium

Go to: Dotting the primary

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Go to: Making a Krupa collimator

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Go to: Using digital finder charts at the eyepiece

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Jan van Gastel