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Physics & Astronomy

Dobsonian Telescope Mount

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I couldn't find a good Dobsonian mount out there, so I designed one. This is for the Telestar 114mm diameter, F1000mm f/8.8 telescope. It is portable and small enough to put on a picnic bench while camping. I based it off the V2* Fully Printed Lazy Susan Conical Bearing 248mm lazy susan, with a modified top with upright arms to hold the telescope. The bracket to rest on the uprights was designed by me, along with the TPU caps for smooth operation. The bracket has holes to use nuts and bolts to hold in, but I opted to use 3d printed these C-Clamps instead. The dobsonian base is printed at as much of an angle as I could manage for strength, which was only about 0.5 degrees. This model makes use of the entire 256x256x256mm build volume of the X1C / P1S. Works great, the only downside is spinning it is quite loud due to the conical bearings, but it is very smooth to spin and tilt. Please verify the support settings, I used PETG supported with PLA which can always be a bit iffy. Only th
Category
Physics & Astronomy
Source
MakerWorld
Published
Updated
What you need to print this: Advanced Low confidence
Why?
very large print · significant post-processing
Single piece Hardware needed May need scaling or splitting
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 3/3
Post-process 2/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA, PETG, TPU
Min. bed size
256 mm (Extra large)
Post-processing
Sanding, Hardware
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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