Carbon Fiber 3D Printed 12 Inch Telescope 

I'd like to hear about your entire approach to video documentation, from the imposition recording makes on the regarded task, to management of collected material. Do you draft a story board for projects like this?

@@mavigogun I usually start with writing a script, which will include a description of shots I want to acquire. A traditional storyboard would be more useful if I was working with a crew, but as a one-man operation I usually just need notes to remind me the shots I want to get.

Thanks so much! There's a lot I'd like to improve on but for a first go at building a dob, it's pretty great!

Thanks so much! it has been really great and I'm learning much about observational astronomy with it!

Haha, thank you. It was a rather ambitious project that's for sure.

Thanks! No, I don't think there will by much astrophotography with this unfortunately. Astrophotography has a specific set of requirements that this does not fulfill. Mainly, it not rigid enough. It may be decent for some planetary imaging though so maybe I'll give that a try.

Thanks! Maybe I'll have another project to look into

Huh, OK, with those herringbone gears I just assumed Dave was going to add an alt-az drive.

Personally, I think for solo visual observing "manual tracking" isn't a problem. The Earth's motion can even help the eye distinguish actual faint fuzzies from noise in the optical train. A tracking drive really comes into its own at a star party, so you don't have to reset the telescope between each guest looking.

@@timothyconover9805 it does have a drive! Sorry, I just didn't highlight it in the video and it needs a bit of work yet

@@timothyconover9805 I find tracking is very necessary for planetary observing

Thanks, its working great too!

Bro... I absolutely swear by their material and they have kinda small social media presence...

Thanks so much! The focuser is indeed also 3D Printed and it works quite well. There are several designs out there and I basically adopted ideas from a few of them for mine.

great and nice,congratulations~ the focuser is probably one of the most complicated parts of the scope in terms of 3D printed parts assembly~ BTW, nice CG balance calculation~

A budget 12 inch dob is around $1700. I spent around $2000 and that includes go-to electronics. It's possible to build something like this cheaper though. Lower cost 3D Printer filament and less carbon fiber will bring the cost down closer to that $1700 range. A premium pre-built dob can be ~$5000 or more.