Universal Fit Focus Mask!

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Hope you like this one, it's hopefully a space saver and cash saver particularly if you have a few scopes you'd like masks for!
Current model fits from 43mm OD to 247mm OD - roughly equal to smaller than a 50mm guide scope, to larger than an 8" newt or sct, and everything in between!
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@CuivTheLazyGeek Месяц назад

This is such a COOL design Luke!! I no longer need to print a separate mask for every single scope I want to test! Also, you should patent this design!

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thank you mate!! Really so glad to hear you like the look of it :-D hopefully it cuts down on excess costs, material waste and clutter for people!! 👍👍

@DeepSpaceAstro Месяц назад

Oh wow! Great idea Luke!

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thank you mate!! :-D

@jim.franklin 6 дней назад

I think I will be buying one - saves taking multiple masks outside for the different size scopes - nice one Luke.

@lukomatico 6 дней назад

Awesome to hear that! I hope you enjoy it my friend, thank you for your support! 👍👍

@Mel-127 Месяц назад

Marvellous. I made one simular with aluminium on a cnc machine. But once you drop it, your stuffed. So gave up as I don't have a 3D printer. Great move Luke glad you've succeeded. Plus the amount of scopes your running through, you need this divice. 😂 well done.

@Astrobloke Месяц назад

Top idea Luke and my order is in through your ebay store. Good lick mate and of course clear skies

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Oh mate you're a legend!! Thank you so much for your support Glenn my friend! 👍👍 Clear skies!!

@SimonsAstro Месяц назад

Excellent idea Luke 👍 Looks like an awesome bit of kit! I would be buying one, but thanks to your previous masks that I’ve bough, I’ve got masks for all my current scopes😀 Good luck mate, you’ve got a winner👍

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thank you for the kind words Simon my friend, as always!! :-D all the very best & clear skies buddy! 👍👍

@NebulaPhotos Месяц назад

Excellent idea Luke! Ordering one now! 🤩

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Oh wow, thanks so much Nico!! :-D I really hope you like it my friend! Clear skies mate 👍👍

@mark-h911 Месяц назад

Brilliant! When I see a design like this, it’s so logical and simple it’s just baffling how nobody has thought of it before. Well done 👍

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thank you very much mate!! That's kind of you to say 👍👍

@deep_space_dave Месяц назад

This is the bahtinov mask to rule them all! Thanks Luke!

@lukomatico Месяц назад

One mask to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them! 😂 (Darn it, now I need to rewatch LOTR!)

@nikaxstrophotography Месяц назад

Just purchased one Thanks mate just what I wanted for my different scopes.

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Superb mate!! Really hope that you like it 👍👍 thank you for your support and clear skies!

@siegfriednoet Месяц назад

Great thinking Luke !

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thanks mate! :-D

@IslandSkyPhotos Месяц назад

This is genius!

@wesleydonnelly2141 Месяц назад

Brilliant idea Luke! One question I have though...is why no one had thought of this before!? I'll be ordering one soon! Thanks as always for the ace content Luke! Regarding the weather...my goodness Luke it's been atrocious here in UK, hasn't it! I've had just 2 clear nights THIS YEAR!! 😭😂 ( it definitely does make those rare clear nights all that more special though! )

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thank you mate!! Hopefully the weather sorts itself out soon hey bud 😂

@arnsteindale5531 Месяц назад

Excellent kit Luke. Order placed on ebay 😃

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Awesome, thank you so much my friend!! :-D

@Tony-Elliott Месяц назад

Excellent bit of kit luke

@Wombatzone31 Месяц назад

Love it mate! I've printed and tested a few. My concern with the adjustable knobs is if the center of the mask isn't dead center, then focous wouldn't be spot on due to the center of the axis not aligned with the center of the mirrors. Maybe notches semetrical along the slits would resolve this I think. I've been printing mine to size. PLA or PETG works well and yes doesn't shatter when dropped like the orion ones lol.... it fluttered down 3 stories to it's demmise.

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thanks mate!! I appreciate the feedback man, cheers! - from my own testing, being totally centered doesn't matter to the focus accuracy, - only that the diffraction grating is present within the aperture - bad decentering can affect pattern visibility/brightness though! (Again all just from my own testing with deliberate decentering at times) Cheers again mate!!

@stuparker776 Месяц назад

OK luke you convinced me ordering one now😅

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Haha!! You're too kind Stu, thank you for your support my friend, I hope you like the mask!! 👍👍

@AstroSoundscape Месяц назад

This is a nice elegant solution mate. Im sure these will sell well.👍

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thanks ever so much Ollie mate!! :-D clear skies to you buddy!!

@clarencemumphrey Месяц назад

Absolutely a brilliant idea!! OK, I'm hooked. Ordering one.

@lukomatico Месяц назад

That's very kind of you!! Thank you for your support my friend, I hope you enjoy the mask! :-)

@clarencemumphrey Месяц назад

@@lukomatico Luko - WOW! I just received the mask I ordered. The print quality is excellent. Beautiful work. The design is Brilliant! I can't wait to put it to work!😀😀😀

@lukomatico Месяц назад

So glad to hear that!! :-D clear skies my friend!!

@Steve_The_Ignorant_Astronomer Месяц назад

Looks good , but what I would like to see is one that goes over my heated Dew Shield for my 9.25 Celestron and also a Cap that fits over my Heated Dew Shield so I dont have to keep taking that apart just cover it up... Print something like that , it would help a lot

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Noted!! Thank you for your thoughts Steve my friend :-) clear skies!

@Steve_The_Ignorant_Astronomer Месяц назад

@@lukomatico I always wondered why they never made a cap that I can put on the front of dew shield , that way I dont have to keep taking on and off

@seanod42 Месяц назад

Hi Luke I just ordered one happy days

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thanks so much for all your support my friend!! I really hope you like it! :-D

@AmatureAstronomer Месяц назад

Neat. Don't need one. but neat.

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thank you my friend!! :-D

@Zealor365 Месяц назад

Nicely done. I have 5 different scopes and it should fit them all.

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thank you!! :-) I'm very happy with the end product, I hope you like it too!

@peterlaubscher3989 Месяц назад

this is a great idea - I'd buy one if I didn't already have 6 masks :(

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thanks so much for your support all the same mate!! :-D clear skies!

@mikehardy8247 Месяц назад

Looks really nice. Two things. I recently purchased a Sky-Watcher Dobsonian SynScan. Not really for imaging, but might try "luckyimaging" of planets. The diameter is maybe 12 inches. So may be handy if you make larger ones. On the other extreme, I do widefild with 14, 35, 50, 135 mm etc. Probably not fine enough for these short FL?

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Cheers mate! Good question, I'm certain it'll work on the 135 as I make those masks too and it's similar enough, but I cannot say about the 14 or 35 as I have no test data, sorry!

@GrouchoDuke Месяц назад

Looks great, Luke. Well done - sell tons!

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thanks ever so much mate!! Clear skies :-D

@tichwykes Месяц назад

Looks great mate if you do one that will fit a 250P put me down for one although I probably won't order it until we're back from our holiday in Whitby, I'm sure the weather will be er nice & sunny er I mean wet & windy ha ha.

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Hope you have a lovely holiday in Whitby mate!!!

@tichwykes Месяц назад

Thanks mate

@petergrassick2075 Месяц назад

Brilliant idea

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thank you bud!! :-)

@rafapliszka2986 Месяц назад

Really great idea👍

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thank you! Cheers! 👍👍

@CDigata Месяц назад

Well I never, Mr postie gonna have a fit trying to get that through ma letter box - Nice work Luke and I hope it goes well for you.

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Haha!! Thanks so much buddy, very kind of you!!

@johnmaikner838 Месяц назад

Great idea!!

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thanks so much mate!! :-D

@l0nemonk100 Месяц назад

Finally a one size fits all. Now make one for all of my different guide scopes up to 60 mm🙂

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thanks so much for your order Kasei my friend!! :-D is there any particular requirement you'd need that this one won't cover, or just an overall smaller part to allow fitment next to a main scope?

@l0nemonk100 Месяц назад

@@lukomatico I was just kidding. I don't use a mask on my guides. This is going onthe RASA and 120APO. So this is great. More pamper money lol

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Ah superb, haha!! I hope you'll enjoy it mate, and I seriously do appreciate the support - no doubt having a kid is gonna be expensive! 😅 Clear skies bud!

@petesastrophotography Месяц назад

Excellent Luke, I will be ordering one of these for sure. For a future revision have you though about having graduated markings on arms that hold the pegs (like every 5mm or so) that would allow you to centralize the mask for a given tube diameter...if that makes any kind of sense? 🙂

@lukomatico Месяц назад

Thanks so much Pete!! - that's certainly something I could add down the line if people want it! :-) from my own testing though being totally centered doesn't matter to the focus accuracy, - only that the diffraction grating is present within the aperture - bad decentering can affect pattern visibility/brightness though! (Again all just from my own testing with deliberate decentering at times) Cheers mate!!