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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
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